Reasons for the Lord's loss

The reasons for England's loss in the second test against India at Lord's in the Investec 2014 series have been identified:

• A lot of drinking the previous night can unBALLANCE yourself the next day on the pitch.
• It did not ring a BELL whether they needed to get aggressive or preserve wickets to enable a draw.
• Batsmen lacked the STrOKES to score big hundreds.
•  Bowlers did not have a set plan and PLUNKed the balls aimlessly.
• The fielders were not well ALIgned as the Indian batsmen willfully scored runs through the gaps.
• Presence of two SONS (Rob and Jimmy) in the same team isn't good as India proved. They had only one son (Roger's son), though he hardly played any role in the game.
•  The team needed a BROADer outlook towards the game during initial sessions.
• The team needed to have its PRIORities in place while selecting specialist players.
• The ROOT cause of the loss was the lack of confidence in every player.
• Overall the team did not appear well COOKed to bring out all the flavours for a longing victory.

 The team should ensure that it does not get MOOREd and moves on to win the series with a better performance.