Root calls for calm after shock loss

Joe Root has stressed the importance of remaining calm despite England suffering their first setback of the World Cup after a surprise 14-run loss to Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

Sparkling centuries from Root and Jos Buttler were scant consolation for the tournament favourites as Pakistan turned the form book on its head, snapping a run of 11 consecutive one-day international losses.

However, the round-robin nature of the group stage means defeat is not a disaster by any means for England and Root believes they will regroup ahead of Saturday's trip to Cardiff to tackle Bangladesh.

The Yorkshireman said: "The most important thing now for us as a group is not to panic.

"We know what works for us as a formula, and as a team, but other sides are allowed to play well and we've got to make sure we learn quickly and bounce back at Cardiff.

"The temptation is to get a little bit tense, but one of our great strengths as a side is sticking to the way we go about things and be as smart as possible.

"I'm sure the guys will make sure it's a very different performance against Bangladesh.

Pakistan posted 8-348 which, if overhauled, would have set a new tournament record for the highest successful chase yet it was insurmountable for England.

Root (107) and Buttler (103) came together at 118-4 and, though their 130-run stand raised hopes of an unlikely victory, England were ultimately left to rue an uncharacteristically derisory effort in the field.

Image Id: C687F7F5A6F146FA9892FA814042E8D1 Image Caption: Jos Buttler and Joe Root both scored centuries against Pakistan // Getty

Mohammad Hafeez was dropped on 14 by Jason Roy before going on to amass 84 while there were misfields and overthrows from a side that delivered a masterclass in fielding when they defeated South Africa in the curtain-raiser last week.

England captain Eoin Morgan said: "We've gone from probably one of our best performances in the field at the Oval to, not extremely bad, but it's cost us probably 15-20 runs in the field which is a lot in the one-day game."

In an occasionally fractious encounter, the umpires pointedly warned Morgan about his side throwing the ball in on the bounce and later issued the same reminder to Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Buttler, meanwhile, seemed to take a look at the ball on his walk back to the pavilion after his 76-ball innings came to an end.

Morgan added: "Jos was just intrigued to see the ball. When the ball is hit against the LED boards it does scuff it up quite a lot so we he was just interested to see if the ball was more scuffed up."

2019 World Cup

Australia's squad: Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa

June 1: Australia beat Afghanistan by seven wickets

June 6: Australia v West Indies, Trent Bridge

June 9: India v Australia, The Oval

June 12: Australia v Pakistan, Taunton

June 15: Sri Lanka v Australia, The Oval

June 20: Australia v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge

June 25: England v Australia, Lord's

June 29: New Zealand v Australia, Lord's (D/N)

July 6: Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford (D/N)

July 9: Semi-Final 1, Old Trafford

July 11: Semi-Final 2, Edgbaston

July 14: Final, Lord's

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