Cook admits he got it wrong

Last Updated: June 15, 2011 8:37am

Alastair Cook: Admits he scored too slowly on the final morning at Lord's

Alastair Cook has admitted he didn't score quickly enough when England were pushing for a declaration in the recent second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's.

The Essex star managed just 26 runs in the morning session of the final day as the home side tried to set up an unlikely victory.

And now Cook - preparing for Thursday's rematch with the tourists at the Rose Bowl - says he got it wrong.

He told The Sun: "In the last 30 to 45 minutes of that session, I probably did get the tempo wrong if you look at the number of runs I scored.

"The team scored 111 runs in the two hours which was roughly what we were looking for. But I was late to react to the need to score quickly.

"Luckily, Kevin Pietersen scored some runs. I didn't react quickly enough and I must learn from that."

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