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retty good clip from the field, got to the free throw line quite a

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Alastair Cook challenged Englands naive batsmen to grow up after their 75-run defeat to Pakistan at Lords and turn the four-Test series on its head. Bobby Tolan Cardinals Jersey . Cook insisted England would channel the fighting spirit that inspired last summers 3-2 Ashes series victory following a 405-run thrashing by Australia in the 2015 second Test at Lords. England slip to Lords defeat England slipped to a 75-run defeat to Pakistan in the first Investec Test at Lords The England skipper accepted his side were 100 runs light in a disappointing first innings that ultimately handed Pakistan the immediate one-nil series advantage. Yasir Shah registered Pakistans best-ever match figures at Lords with 10 vital wickets, with the England captain admitting his side now have considerable ground to recover.Its a good week for some guys growing up and becoming match-hardened Test cricketers, said Cook, with the second Test at Old Trafford starting on Friday.Weeks like this do do that to you, and weve got to try to improve. We lost to Australia here far more heavily and we certainly bounced back very well in the next few games. Head coach Trevor Bayliss gave his thoughts after Pakistan beat England 75 runs at Lords. I think we were 100 runs light in the first innings. For a leg spinner to get six-for on that kind of a day too is frustrating. You dont mind on a turning wicket at the end.Its disappointing and the beauty of a four-Test series is that youve got chances to come back and thats exactly what well aim to do.I just think we had a few poor shot selections to a few certain types of balls. We played some naive shots at times to certain angles. Thats frustrating. Weve got to talk about it, but you can talk all you want: weve got to deliver.You dont mind getting bowled out sometimes, and you can play some bad shots but we played too many bad shots. Five Things: Lords How to execute the perfect press-up was just one of the many lessons dished out in the first Test It is frustrating, weve got three days now to go away and its never nice losing at Lords. Well use that as motivation and get better.Pakistan met their victory by copying Misbah-ul-Haqs press-ups celebration,that the captain had pulled out to mark his first-innings century.To a man the touring squad dropped to the Lords turf for 10 press-ups, before rising to salute the Pakistan flag.Former England seamer Tim Bresnan bristled at Pakistans celebration, tweeting That might bite you boys. Karma catches up with you eventually. It did with the Sprinkler, referencing Englands over-used Ashes victory dance. Younis Khan leads the celebrations as Pakistan defeat England at Lords in the first Test of the series. Cook insisted England took no offence from Pakistans on-field victory toasts, before also refusing to blame the absence of Jimmy Anderson and Ben Stokes for their first-Test defeat.Branding the potential second-Test return of both Anderson and Stokes great news, Cook said: It is nice that those two obviously seem back to close to full fitness but we cannot be using that as an excuse as to why we lost.You dont take any offence (to Pakistans celebration), but certainly at that emotive time its not pleasant viewing.Certainly when youve lost a game of cricket for the first 20 minutes or so its not pleasant. They are entitled to do what they want. Its united them and shows what a challenge weve got.Watch day one of the second Test between England and Pakistan live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am this Friday. 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Zacha had three goals and two assists in seven games at the world mens under-18 championship in April when the Czech Republic took the silver medal.NEW YORK -- Jabari Parker is already in the Duke record book. The heralded freshman matched his season-high with 27 points, setting the school record for consecutive 20-point games to start a career and the sixth-ranked Blue Devils beat Alabama 74-64 on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. "I think Ive got a long ways to go," the 6-foot-8 forward said after his seventh 20-point effort. "I need to be sharper in the beginning of the game. Nothing is ever too easy. I get open looks when they look at Rodney (Hood) or Q (Quinn Cook). I get those opportunities as much as possible." He takes advantage at an alarming rate. He entered the game shooting 58 per cent from the field and he improved that number by going 9 of 12 from the field. He had eight rebounds and was 9 of 10 from the free throw line in matching his point total in the Blue Devils only loss, 83-54 to No. 2 Kansas. "He gets his points in the flow of the offence and we should go through him a lot," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We had foul trouble with Rodney. Usually its through them. We went to Jabari even more." The Blue Devils (6-1), who committed a season-high 19 turnovers, will face No. 4 Arizona, which beat Drexel 66-62, in the championship game on Friday at Madison Square Garden. Its a matchup of the program with the most NIT Season Tip-Off titles -- Duke with four -- against one of three programs tied for second with three. "Arizona is older and they are really big for us," Krzyzewski said. "Over the years, we have always played really difficult schedules and this year is no different. Im just glad we have an opportunity to play for a championship. "Arizona is probably ahead of some other teams. Arizona, Michigan State, because they have guys who have played prominent roles, back. And then they have added a great guard and a great wing to their lineup, and so they are big. It will be completely different, from playing this game. They can post three guys from their starting lineup. They post their front line. Thats where we are not real big. That will be interesting how we try to get that going." Nick Jacobs led Alabama (3-2) with 18 points and seven rebounnds while Trevor Releford and Algie Key added 11 points each. Roger Maris Jersey. Duke is 25-2 in the NIT Season Tip-Off and has won 14 straight games in the tournament. The Blue Devils were coming off a 91-90 home victory over Vermont, a game that ended with the Catamounts having the ball but not getting off a final shot. It didnt get that close at the end Wednesday, but the Crimson Tide took advantage of the turnovers to be within 56-51 with 5:19 left. Alabama was within six points three times in the final 3:18 but the Blue Devils were able to go up by as many as 10 points. "Teams play well against us. Its a great opportunity for the sun to shine on a program, and so we have to expect that," Krzyzewski said. The only other Duke player to start his career with six straight 20-point games was Art Heyman in 1961-62. "Hes probably, in my eight years as a head coach, the most talented freshman Ive seen just from his size, his physicality and his skill level," Alabama coach Anthony Grant said of Parker. "Hes able to make tough shots and free himself for the open shot and hes able to get himself to the free throw line. Hes just a really, really talented player. They have got a lot of really good players around them, as well." Duke closed the firsts half on an 11-2 run to take a 33-22 lead and the Blue Devils opened the second half on a 13-6 run for their biggest lead of the game, 46-28 with 15:23 to play. The Crimson Tide, taking advantage of Dukes turnovers, used a 12-0 run to get within 46-40 with 12:07 left. "They had a pretty sizable cushion," Grant said. "We werent able to be effective enough to win the game. Whatever the turnovers were, they scored 74 points in the game, shot a pretty good clip from the field, got to the free throw line quite a bit. I would say their attack against what we were doing was pretty effective." The Blue Devils are 23-7 at Madison Square Garden under Krzyzewski and they have won 15 of their last 17 games there. Duke has won 27 straight regular-season tournament games. The loss dropped Alabama to 32-99 against Top Ten teams. The Crimson Tides last win over a Top Ten team was Feb. 18, 2006 against then-No. 8 Tennessee. ' ' '

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