England captain Alastair Cook is seen after his side lost to Bangladesh yesterday.
England captain Alastair Cook admitted yesterday "inexperience" in playing on spinning wickets cost his team a crushing 108-run defeat to Bangladesh inside three days of the second Test in Dhaka.
Chasing a target of 273, England seemed to be cruising when they reached 100-0 at tea on the third day with Cook unbeaten on 39 alongside Ben Duckett, 56 not out.
"We possibly showed our inexperience in those conditions - it was amazing the difference before tea and after tea," Cook said. Cook downplayed the suggestion it was his toughest career defeat, but said sloppy fielding made things difficult for the side.
England had the chance to limit their target when their bowlers created umpteen chances in the morning session. But they dropped catches and missed a crucial stumping to allow Bangladesh to build on their overnight 152-3 and eventually reach 296 runs in their second innings. "I've had some tough ones," Cook said, referring to other career losses. "I thought 270 would have been a real good chase to be honest. They got 30 too many today. "But I don't think it's the toughest, no. It's very easy sitting back and saying it's just Bangladesh.
"But in these conditions on spinning wickets, their bowlers are good."
"I think they did out-bowl our spinners. But, you know, that's credit to those guys. "We're not hiding behind the fact that we haven't got world-class spinners. We've got guys who can bowl some really good balls. You've got to reverse it or skid it or spin the ball. That's the challenge of Test cricket," said Cook.
