question: Published:. 17:54 EST, 23 June 2014. |. Updated:. 17:54 EST, 23 June 2014. Captain Alastair Cook suffered further humiliation at Headingley yesterday as England fell towards their first-ever home Test series defeat by Sri Lanka. Cook’s position as captain will surely come under intense pressure after England allowed the tourists to set a daunting target of 350 with some woeful bowling. Cook was then out playing on to his own wicket when his side desperately needed him to contribute a big score. England ended day four on a humiliating 57-5. The prospect of a damaging series loss comes after Cook’s winter of despair in Australia featuring the 5-0 Ashes whitewash under his leadership. Humiliated: Alastair Cook captained England to towards their first ever Test series defeat to Sri Lanka. Under pressure! Alastair Cook could be in danger of losing captaincy after dismal run including Ashes whitewash. Senior batsman Ian Bell attempted to back Cook as captain but former Test great Geoffrey Boycott said on the BBC: ‘The captain is in terrible form. It is a recipe for resignation. I don’t know if he will but it is.’ With England only five wickets away from losing a match which had been theirs for the taking on Saturday afternoon, the man most likely to replace Cook in case of a sacking or resignation insisted he was still the right man for the job. ‘I’m sure he’s pretty disappointed, as we all are’ said Bell. ‘He’s got more hundreds than anyone in an England shirt and he’s one of the best batsmen I’ve ever played with. One innings and he’ll be flying again. But as a group we’ve got to help him. We’ve got to get right behind him and start performing as a team.’ Asked whether he thought Cook still had the desire to carry on, Bell replied: ‘Absolutely. No doubt.’ On a day when Boycott branded England ‘rubbish’ and ‘pathetic’  and a small section of the crowd booed them off at tea, Bell conceded that the defensive fields set for Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews — who made a world-class 160 — hadn’t worked. He said: ‘If you want to stop someone like that scoring runs, you get them out, don’t you? You don’t stop them scoring runs. But we didn’t take our chances.’ Shooting from the lip! Geoff Boycott (L), pictured with Shane Warne (C) and Michael Vaughan, branded England 'rubbish and pathetic' Support act: Ian Bell (L) backed Alastair Cook, saying he still has the hunger to succeed. Sri Lanka veteran Mahela Jayawardene said he felt some sympathy for England’s captain, but he was obviously revelling in Cook’s discomfort. ‘I feel for him, but it doesn’t help when you have arguments with commentators and past cricketers,’ he said. ‘That’s something you can’t control.  ‘Under pressure England are not quite up to it. There are young guys in their side and they will get some tomorrow morning.’ ‘We were telling a couple of their batsmen that their idea of hurting us by hitting us on the head probably doesn’t work. And their field setting showed they were worried. They were quite chirpy at first, but quieter after first hour or so.’ Running scared: Mahela Jayawardene claims England's field settings told Sri Lanka they were worried.

answer: Alastair Cook captained England towards first ever Test defeat to Sri Lanka. Pundit Geoff Boycott called the slump 'a recipe for resignation' Ian Bell backed his captain, claiming Cook still has the hunger to succeed. Mahela Jayawardene sympathised with Cook but claimed England are worried.

question: An Egyptian court Monday ordered a ban on activities of the Muslim Brotherhood and froze its finances, according to state-run news website EgyNews. The move is the latest in an anti-Muslim Brotherhood crackdown that began when the military ousted President Mohamed Morsy, who was backed by the Brotherhood, in early July. The country's Ministry of Social Solidarity said earlier this month that it was considering punishing the group, accusing it of violating a law regulating non-governmental groups, EgyNews reported. The law prohibits such groups from operating as political organizations and forming militias. The Brotherhood has a political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, and the current government has accused the Brotherhood of inciting violence. A U.S. State Department spokeswoman, in response to a question at a briefing in Washington, said the department is looking for more information about the court's ruling. "A transparent and inclusive political process that preserves the rights of all Egyptians to participate and leads back to a civilian-led government is critical to the success of Egypt's political and economic future," said Jen Psaki. She added that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had discussed the matter when they met Sunday in New York. Opinion: Why the Muslim Brotherhood can't back down. Egypt has been in turmoil since Morsy's ouster, with the military and Morsy opponents battling Muslim Brotherhood members and others. In August, hundreds of people -- citizens as well as members of security forces -- were killed. Many of the deaths occurred when the military used force to clear two pro-Morsy sit-in sites in Cairo. Violence raged after pro-Morsy supporters staged demonstrations a few days later. Read more: What is the Muslim Brotherhood? The Brotherhood was underground during the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, who had banned the group. But after Mubarak's ouster in 2011, the group's Freedom and Justice Party got into gear and fielded parliamentary candidates. The Freedom and Justice Party won about half the seats up for election in December 2011, and its presidential candidate, Morsy, won in 2012. Egyptian security forces lately have rounded up high-profile members of the group. Last week, they arrested a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad El-Haddad, who was a frequent guest on Western media. He was arrested at an apartment in a Cairo suburb, Egypt's state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported. He was accused of inciting violence and murder. El-Haddad was active on social media, notifying supporters of rallies. Egyptian police official killed in clashes on outskirts of Cairo.

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Government: The Muslim Brotherhood was violating the law. Egypt's been in turmoil since the military ousted Brotherhood-backed President Morsy. The Brotherhood was banned under Hosni Mubarak's regime. But it went official on the political scene after Mubarak's 2011 ouster.