Joe Root has stressed the importance of remaining calm despite England suffering their first setback of the Cricket 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.
Costly: Joe Root's century wasn't enough for England.Credit:AP
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.
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"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 4-118 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.
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."
Joe Root has stressed the importance of remaining calm despite England suffering their first setback of the Cricket 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.
Costly: Joe Root's century wasn't enough for England.Credit:AP
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.
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"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 4-118 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.
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."
