By Ed Osmond

LONDON (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root admitted his team had been comprehensively outplayed by an inexperienced Pakistan side in their nine-wicket loss to the tourists in the first Test at Lord’s.

England were bowled out for 184 on the first day after Root won the toss and never recovered as they suffered their first defeat in a May Test at the home of cricket following series losses in Australia and New Zealand.

“We got it wrong, we know that,” Root told reporters on Sunday. “These conditions suit us as well. It’s a talented team and there are guys in there who will do great things for England.”

Pakistan scored 363 in their first innings and England collapsed to 110 for six in their second before a seventh-wicket partnership of 126 between Jos Buttler and Dom Bess spared the embarrassment of an innings defeat and took the match into the fourth day.

“We have been out-performed in all three departments, we have to be better,” Root said. “There have been a number of collapses recently and we have to find a way as a group.”

The last time England lost the first test in a home summer was in 1995 against West Indies and they only have four days to regroup before the second and final match at Headingley starting on Friday.

“We have to be more patient and take our opportunities when we get them. We can do that next week and we must take that chance,” Root said.

“We can’t ignore this, we have to learn from it quickly. A lot of the things that we do are very good.”

England, fifth in the world Test rankings, are unlikely to make changes to their side, although batsmen Mark Stoneman and Dawid Malan are under particular pressure following lean runs.

“We are ambitious, we want to win but sometimes we make poor decisions,” Root said.

“It’s about the number of runs you score, not how long it takes you and maybe we need to absorb a bit more. You have to recognise the right times to attack.”

England’s last home Test series loss came in 2014 against Sri Lanka and they have won five and two drawn two since.

They host top-ranked India in a five-Test series starting in August.

ENGLAND first innings 184, Pakistan first innings 363
England 2nd innings

Alastair Cook   lbw Mohammad Abbas 1
Mark Stoneman   b Shadab Khan 9
Joe Root lbw Mohammad Abbas 68
Dawid Malan c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 12
Jonny Bairstow b Mohammad Amir 0
Ben Stokes c (Sub) b Shadab Khan 9
Jos Buttler lbw Mohammad Abbas 67
Dom Bess b Mohammad Amir 57
Mark Wood c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 4
Stuart Broad c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas 0
James Anderson Not Out 0
Extras 4b 9lb 0nb 0pen 2w 15
Total (82.1 overs) 242 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 Cook, 2-31 Stoneman, 3-91 Malan, 4-91 Bairstow, 5-104 Stokes, 6-110 Root, 7-236 Buttler, 8-241 Wood, 9-242 Broad, 10-242 Bess

Bowling: Mohammad Amir 18.1-3- 36-4, Mohammad Abbas 17-3-41-4,
Faheem Ashraf 9 – 2 – 31-0, Hasan Ali 19 -3 -58-0, 2w,
Shadab Khan 19 – 2 – 63 -2.

PAKISTAN 2nd innings
Azhar Ali b James Anderson 4
Imam ul-Haq Not Out 18
Haris Sohail Not Out 39
Extras 3b 2lb 0nb 0pen 0w 5
Total (12.4 overs) 66-1
Fall of Wickets : 1-12 Ali
Did Not Bat : Shafiq, Azam, Ahmed, Khan, Ashraf, Ali, Amir, Abbas

Bowling: James Anderson 3-0-12-1, Stuart Broad 3 -1-13 – 0,
Dom Bess 3.4 – 0 – 29, Mark Wood 3 – 1- 7 -0.