‘I was a tired, grumpy old man’: Ben Stokes says sorry to England teammates

• Captain angry with himself for his bad body language
• Insists result ‘could have been different if we’d won toss’

Ben Stokes has admitted he behaved like “a grumpy old man” as England slid to defeat in the second Test in Multan, bowled out for just 144 on a disintegrating surface to lose by 152 runs in a game where his side were “up against it from the toss”.

The captain’s tantrum came on Thursday, when as Pakistan’s second innings neared its conclusion two straightforward opportunities to dismiss Salman Agha were put down. The batter went on to score more than 50 runs after his let-offs to take the game out of England’s reach.

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