Alastair Cook believes England’s first innings collapse cost them the second Test against Pakistan and he admitted there could be changes to the team.

The tourists’ captain could only look on from the dressing room as an inspired spell from Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah caused England to fall from their overnight 182-3 to 242 all out.

Although the 30-year-old skipper insists his side have competed with Pakistan for the majority of the series to date, he refused to rule out amends to the side, something that will have the Notts trio of Alex Hales, James Taylor and Samit Patel on high alert.

"You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise the problem when you lose seven for that many," said the England captain. 

"It happens too often at the moment as a side and it's a real frustration.

"Full credit to Riaz - he bowled really well, 90mph reverse-swing from different angles with some short stuff thrown in, so we aren't saying it's easy.

"But it's a realisation that it's a tough moment, and for 45 minutes 'I've got to suck it up'. It was a long way back from that third morning, so we probably didn't deserve to get out of jail.

“No matter how good a spell of bowling, you can’t lose seven for 60.

"When you lose games or people haven't performed as well as they would have liked you're going to look at the team,” Cook continued.

“Whoever is chosen in that lucky 11 to go into Sharjah, we’ve got a good squad here and players itching to get on.

“We’ll look at our team and if we can sustain the cricket we’ve played for five days rather than four and a half we’ve got a good chance.”

Cook, who took over as England captain in 2012 and led the side to Ashes victory earlier this year, was dogged by a back injury during the recent defeat in Dubai.

But he expects to play a full part in the series finale in Sharjah where, this time, he hopes England can be on the right side of the small margins between success and failure.

"My body has been pretty good to me over quite a long period of time but it was a little bit discomforting," he said. "It was a concern but it's a bit better today so it should be fine.

"To win games of cricket here you have to be absolutely relentless for five days. We did that in Abu Dhabi and came up just short.

“I genuinely believe we have competed with Pakistan for nine-and-a-half days. It’s been fluctuating here and there and it’s been a really even game.

“Give us two more overs at Abu Dhabi and two less overs here (in Dubai), it could have been a different story. That’s what sport is."

 

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