Chennai, Dec 20 (CRICKETNMORE) After going down by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth cricket Test and losing the five-match rubber 0-4, England captain Alastair Cook conceded that they were just not good enough to bat on a fifth day wicket that was aiding spin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Trailing by 282 after the first innings with a day and five overs to be played, England were sitting comfortable at 97 for no loss when lunch was taken on the final day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But in the second session, they were in dire straits at 167-4 and in the final period they were bowled out for 207 runs, surrendering the contest with close to an hour of play left during the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This was England's fourth consecutive loss after the opening draw against India as Alastair Cook's team conceded the biggest so far series loss at the hands of the Asian giants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"No excuses, India were the better team and deserved to win. It was a fifth day wicket, out of the rough it turned. We got ourselves in a good position at lunch but it wasn't enough to get out," Cook said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England had scored 477 runs in their first innings but they allowed India to post their biggest total of 759-7 declared as they missed out on several chances to dismiss triple centurion Karun Nair (303 not out).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We dropped vital chances and India have been punishing us -- it's hard to stop the momentum. Credit to Virat (Kohli), they've outplayed us. It is hard to say as a professional but they've been better. It's a series of missed opportunities, dropped catches have cost us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We were unable to score enough runs and take enough wickets. It's a tough dressing room to be in... we tried as hard as we can but it wasn't good enough."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, the visiting skipper refused to question the qualities and the efforts his players offered. "I can't fault the application or effort and we stuck together as a group but we didn't get big hundreds. I don't think we ran out of fight. All the guys gave their all, we just weren't good enough."<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/12\/england-skipper-alastair-cook1.jpg", "alt_img": "We were just not good enough, concedes Alastair Cook", "alt_title": "We were just not good enough, concedes Alastair Cook", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "We were just not good enough, concedes Cook", "seo_desc": "Chennai, Dec 20 (CRICKETNMORE) After going down by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth cricket Test and losing the five-match rubber 0-4, England captain Alast", "seo_keywords": "Alastair Cook, India vs England, England Cricket Team", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "we-were-just-not-good-enough-concedes-alastair-cook", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2082", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2016-12-20 23:08:00", "updated": "2016-12-20 23:08:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2016-12-20 23:08:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2016-12-20 23:08:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/we-were-just-not-good-enough-concedes-alastair-cook-22255" }