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Pakistan need to improve in every department if they are to compete with England in the remaining Tests of the Investec series according to their captain, Misbah-ul-Haq. A loss in the second Test at Old Trafford leveled the series at 1-1 with two matches left to play, but it was the margin of defeat - an eye-watering 330 runs - that has concerned Pakistan.While Misbah felt England made full use of winning an important toss, he accepted that his bowlers had been unable to build any pressure and his batsmen folded in the face of Englands intimidating first innings total of 589 for 8 declared before again staring at a massive fourth innings target of 565. Most of all, though, Misbah credited Joe Roots outstanding performance - 325 runs in the match, within one shot of the victory margin - to negate the threat of Yasir Shah and set-up Englands match-defining first innings total.We were below average and need to improve in every department, Misbah said. We could not really build the pressure and we let them score a massive total in the first innings. It is difficult to come back in the game facing 600. The toss was vital on that pitch, but England played really well. Alastair Cook and Root almost took the game away from us. They set the tone.That was the difference from Lords. At Lords, Root was out cheaply in both innings and we got Cook out cheaply in the second innings. Then they struggled. Root and Cook are their main players. They really depend on them - the others are struggling - but the way Root played in this game… it was an amazing innings.But our batting was a big disappointment. It was a good pitch to bat on but we scored 198 and 234. You cant take that. On that pitch you can score 350 plus even if you are batting second or fourth. Some of the batsmen are getting in, but not converting their starts. We really need them to do that.Misbah also highlighted the presence of two or three allrounders in Englands side and the absence of any from his as a key difference. While England are able to include five bowlers without weakening their batting, Pakistan were required to place a heavy load on the shoulders of their four bowlers. They remain desperate for Mohammad Hafeez to resume bowling again soon, with Misbah suggesting it could have made a big difference on this surface.Hafeez is not bowling, Misbah said. But on a pitch like that, it could have made a difference. Especially with the opposition having four or five left-handers in their side. They have a lot of allrounders. That really gives them strength. We dont have the option of a fifth bowler. Thats the limitation we have. But this is how we have to live at the moment.Misbah also defended Yasir Shah after a chastening performance. Having gone into the Old Trafford Test as the recently installed No. 1 bowler in the ICC Test rankings, Yasir claimed match figures of 1 for 266 from 63 overs in Manchester, a far cry from his 10-wicket performance at Lords.Maybe there was a bit of tiredness after he bowled a lot of overs in the previous Test, Misbah said. But there was a big difference in this match compared to the previous one. He could not really bowl with that control and consistency.They played him well. And there wasnt much help for him from the surface on the first two days. They were two good players facing him and it is totally different when there are runs on the board. It creates pressure. But we know he is a strong character and before the next Test he will definitely analyse what went wrong. Derrick Thomas Super Bowl Jersey . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Xavier Williams Super Bowl Jersey . 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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- This was not supposed to be part of the story reigning Olympic champion Gabby Douglas had in mind when she set her sights on Rio.A revelation in London four years ago, Douglas figured her bid for another shot at glory would be easy. Hard to blame her considering the way she so effortlessly reached the top of the podium in 2012, a soaring victory that made her a crossover star.I came back and said, `Yes, this is going to be cake, Douglas said.For a stretch last fall and this spring, it was. A silver medal in the all-around at the 2015 world championships showed her return was hardly just vanity run amok. Her professional effort while capturing events in New Jersey and Italy in March stirred inevitable comparisons to her sprint to Olympic gold.Yet sometime over the last month, the momentum stalled. The Douglas that hopped off the beam in frustration during the first night of Olympic Trials on Friday hardly looked like she was having a good time. Her all-around total of 58.550 puts her seventh heading into Sundays finale, when the five-woman team expected to dominate the Summer Games will be announced.Douglas described her effort as just OK when she knows much more is required. While the Olympic spot that once seemed automatic is still well within reach, the 20-year-old acknowledges the pressure has gotten to her. She figured she would have no trouble handling it when she returned to competition in March 2015.I think theres more expectations now than there were before, she said. Ive just got to go out there and just do it, not just shy away and test the water. Ive got to dive in.That wasnt a problem earlier in her career, when her fearlessness made her seem impervious to the stage. But after a so-so effort at national championships in St. Louis two weeks ago -- when her fourth-place finish was well behind Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman -- Douglas decided to tweak her coaching situation. She made Christian Gallardo her primary coach, a role Kittia Carpenter had been filling since Douglas began training at Buckeye Gymnastics in Columbus, Ohio, two years ago.Douglas emphasized the decision was pragmatic, not personal. Gymnasts are allowed one coach on the event floor at the Olympics, and Gallardo -- who had been splitting the duties with Carpenter -- seemed a more natural fit to handle various responsibilities like spotting her during routines.Many of Douglas peers on the national team, though, are still training with coaches theyve been with since turning their first back handspring. Douglas has become a bit of a nomad oveer the last six years, moving from Virginia Beach to Iowa to California then back to Iowa before starting fresh in Columbus.dddddddddddd The fact shes prospered despite near constant change is a testament to her talent, which seems to thrive when the stakes are raised.Thats what happened in 2012. Its what happened last October, when she shook off lethargic training to finish a strong second to Biles at worlds. Douglas thought it would happen at nationals and trials too. And it hasnt. At least not yet.I would be, `No, Im fine. I can do this. When competition rolls around, I got it, she said. The performances were OK. I was too relaxed. I got too far behind.Douglas believes shes spent too much time focusing on the wrong thing, unable to completely block out the noise that seems to follow her wherever she goes. When she appeared too serious during national championships, social media lit up with criticism. In some ways, the detractors werent wrong.I lost the joy, she said. I forgot what it means to go out and have fun, and its catching up.Douglas presents a complex challenge for national team coordinator Martha Karolyi, who seems intent on giving Douglas every opportunity to get right. Two weeks after saying its how athletes are doing now -- and not their gaudy resumes -- that matters most in picking the team, Karolyi clarified her standards when pressed about Douglas lingering sluggishness.We look for the potential and you look for the fact of what you see what the girls were able to do in the past also, Karolyi said.Karolyi gave Douglas a brief pep talk as they walked off the floor Friday, one Douglas needed badly.I was kind of crushed after, and when she came over, she was like, `OK, everythings good, Douglas said. Im just going to go on to Sunday and bang it out.Probably a good idea if she wants to erase any lingering doubt in Karolyis mind.The sloppy ending to her otherwise steady performance Friday, when she wobbled near the end of her beam routine and was unable to save it before jumping to the floor in frustration, left her visibly shaken. The girl whose life has literally become a reality show -- Douglas Family Gold just wrapped its first season on the Oxygen Network -- is hoping for one more dash of the magic that once came so naturally.I dont want to finish like this, Douglas said. I dont want to finish with St. Louis being not good and trials being OK. I really want to finish on a high note and not let myself go down. ' ' '