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Alastair Cook was left ruing missed chances in the field as England succumbed to an innings defeat in Mumbai.While Cook admitted England had erred in selection - picking four seamers on a pitch where Indias spinners claimed 19 wickets - he felt the defining moments of the game came when England failed to take chances to dismiss all three of Indias centurions in the relatively early stages of their innings.Jonny Bairstow missed a stumping opportunity off M Vijay when he had 45, Virat Kohli was put down by Adil Rashid - a difficult caught and bowled chance - on 68, and Joe Root put down Jayant Yadav at slip when he had eight. Vijay went on to score 136, Kohli made 235 and Yadav 104.The frustration for Cook is that these things keep happening. The series against Pakistan was littered with missed opportunities - and Rashid also put down a tough chance off Kohli in Visakhapatnam when he had scored 56. He went on to make 167.I keep going back to the chances we missed, Cook told Star Sports. Thats why we lost this game.Yes, we would have liked another spinner. But with the side we had, we had opportunities to bowl India out for 400 and we just didnt take them.Obviously Virat played an extraordinary innings, but we had a chance to get rid of him on 60-odd. Yadav got a 100 and we had a couple of chances to get rid of him. And those are the things the game is changing on. This team, at the moment, were not taking those chances. Its those opportunities that have cost us.Cook also admitted England didnt need that extra seamer in Mumbai. Going into the match with six bowlers - two spinners and four quicks - Cook was obliged to ask Rashid and Moeen Ali to deliver more than 50 overs, while none of the seamers bowled more than 20.That was a mistake, he said. Its kind of the problem when you dont have any games between Test Matches. We really wanted to see what four seamers looked like, because they are the bowlers so far on this tour who have given us the most control and our two best spinners have been Mo and Rash.Maybe if wed bowled first wed have more control with the four seamers. But clearly when you bat first, you didnt need that extra seamer.Whether it would have changed the game... we were in this game with the balance of that side. We had an opportunity when they were 307 for 6 to restrict Indias lead. Historically, 180 is a good score here in the third innings and its very hard to score much in the fourth innings. So we would have been in the game.But would have, could have isnt really good enough and thats the bottom line: we havent been good enough to get over the line.Cook had praise for Kohli, though: Hes in incredible form. Hes having one of those series you dream of as a player and a captain. You lead from the front and you score a hell of a lot of runs and thats a huge amount of credit to him. 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College Basketball Jerseys . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season.Canberra star Blake Austin has left the door open to playing for Wayne Bennetts England team, but says no-one has approached him about it.Reports emerged last week that Bennett had asked the five-eighth, who was born and raised in Sydneys west, to make himself available.Austin has represented Portugal in the past but is eligible for selection for England ahead of this years Four Nations tournament in the UK and the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.I do qualify through my grandmother but thats about as far as its gone, Austin said on Tuesday.No-ones asked me (to play) or anything like that yet.Asked if he would consider playing for England, the 25-year-old said he wasnt sure.You cross your bridges when you get to them if they come, he said.But at the moment, Im just focusing on the Raiders and playing better footy each week.ddddddddddddAustin has had limited representative opportunities to date.He starred for City with three tries in last years NSW City-Country Origin match, but a knee injury and hamstring problem hurt his chances to play the match this year and chase a State of Origin berth.Bennett last month dismissed reports he was trying to lure NRL stars to his side, including former NSW halfback Trent Hodkinson and Brett and Josh Morris.Hodkinsons father is English while the Morris twins - who have both played for Australia - would be eligible thanks to their grandfather. 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