“I remember saying, when we were 1-0 down, that I still thought we were going to win the series”
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England captain Alastair Cook has revealed that his wife, Alice, convinced him to carry on leading the national team during some of their toughest days this summer.
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“It hasn’t changed since the summer and we don’t expect it to change over the next couple of months”
England captain Alastair Cook has dismissed former Australia spin king Shane Warne’s comments about him being “negative, boring [and] not very imaginative” as “old news”, despite admitting that there are times when he could be more “imaginative”.
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“He’s the sort of guy that when challenged, goes out and proves people wrong”
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has announced that current skipper Alastair Cook should pay no attention to ex-Australia spin king Shane Warne’s comments about him being “negative, boring [and] not very imaginative”.
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“You get tested every single day”
England captain Alastair Cook has admitted that he finds his job extremely “tiring”, despite having recorded numerous accomplishments since taking over from Andrew Strauss.
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“If you look at the record since he took over as captain, how many series and Tests we’ve won, that speaks volumes for him as a captain”
England pace bowler James Anderson believes captain Alastair Cook is not getting enough credit and respect in light of everything he has accomplished since the national team were dethroned as the world number one Test side in July last year.
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“We had an opportunity to win the Champions Trophy and the Ashes in a short space of time and we didn’t quite take it”
England captain Alastair Cook has publicly admitted that he and his team-mates “are always going to be disappointed by the Champions Trophy final”, in which they lost to India by five runs in Birmingham.
Root became an overnight hero after his stellar innings against India
England Test coach Andy Flower has warned the cricketing community not to over-hype the early success of Joe Root after there were increasing calls for the 22-year-old to start opening alongside captain Alastair Cook in Test matches and also mounting speculation over which member of the batting line-up he will replace for the upcoming Champions Trophy in June.
Gavaskar is convinced that replacing Dhoni with Kohli will be the right move for India
Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that Virat Kohli is ready to replace Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the national team’s new Test captain.