Rory Burns says England will use Barbados defeat as ‘lesson’ as they aim to level the series

Opener Rory Burns says England will use their defeat in Barbados as a lesson ahead of the start of second Test in Antigua on Thursday.

Windies romped to a 381-run victory in Bridgetown with England bowled out for just 77 in their first innings, leaving the tourists needing to win the two remaining Tests to secure the series win that was widely expected of them at the beginning of tour.

Burns acknowledged that there was disappointment among the England players after an under-par performance but insists that the focus quickly switched to how they can level the series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

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“Finishing the Test there was obviously disappointment that we hadn’t performed as well as we wanted to,” he told Sky Sports.

“But leaving the ground it was, ‘how do we respond? How do we come back from that?’ and almost to use it as a lesson and something to build on, placing a higher value on your wicket and transfer pressure back onto bowlers if they bowl well.

“There are a few meetings before and after (the match) where we’ll talk about these things and how we get better and how we keep improving. It’s a bit of a blip but how do we take that forward? How do we use that as a lesson and improve?”

Head coach Trevor Bayliss suggested that a lack of mental discipline contributed to England’s batting collapse at the Kensington Oval but Burns believes the lessons to be learned and the areas for improvement will vary across the squad.

“It’s different with every individual and how they’re attacking their games,” he said. “It comes down to your own personal game-plan and how you want to implement it.

“I’m going to be different to someone like Stokesy, for example. How you go about it is your own personal responsibility when you go out to bat or bowl and… execute what you want to.

“I felt like I played quite nicely (in the second innings) but it was disappointing to miss out as well. It’s something to build on and something to improve upon. It’s a good thing.

“From the first innings, I went away and thought about whether I’d missed out on things and I didn’t think I had and in that second innings I just tried to transfer a bit of pressure back onto the bowlers, I had a little bit of a look at them after the first innings so yeah, the tempo was quite nice and I’ll try and keep it up.”

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