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Alastair Cook: We need everyone to contribute

The England cricket team has lost the first test match against India by 9 wickets played at Ahmedabad. The captain of England team, Alastair Cook, however, played superb cricket, scoring 41 and 176 runs in the two innings but he was unable to get support from any other batsman from the team.

Talking to media after match, Cook said, “If we have to win this series, we need everyone to contribute.”

He added, “The lads have not performed as much as they would have liked in this game and they would be very disappointed. That’s cricket and we have to bat strong as a team.”

India beats England by 9 wickets, Ojha and Pujara Shines

The Indian cricket team has won the first test match against England by 9 wickets at Motera here Monday and takes a lead in the four test match series.

Opener from the Indian cricket team Virender Sehwag (25) and Cheteswar Pujara (41 not out) helped India to chase the target of 77 runs in 15.3 overs. Virat Kohli was not out at 14 runs.

Earlier, England team got all out at 406 runs in their second innings at lunch. Captain Alastair Cook was the top scorer with 176 runs and Prior made superb 91 runs, but that was not enough to save them from a defeat.

Lord’s Test Match: West Indies tour of England

As per the latest cricket news, West Indies all set to take on England in the first of a three-Test match series at Lord’s on Thursday with the tourists’ batting likely to determine the course of the match.

Now, it would be interesting to see that weather condition will support seam bowlers or not, as they have for much of the early part of the English season.

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