Being labelled the favourites has no effect on me, says Alastair Cook

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Cook acknowledged Clarke and his men would fight to the end to bring the coveted urn back to Australia

While Alastair Cook admits that he still has “a few nerves” ahead of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s, he also revealed that being branded the favourites to win the historic series has had no effect on him since “we have been favourites in series before”.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Australia using Pakistani asylum-seeker to prepare for Test series against South Africa

The Australian batsmen are looking to play against Ahmed as much as possible before the start of the Test series on Friday

With their Test series against South Africa scheduled to begin on Friday in Brisbane, Australia are looking for all the help they can get, but no one would have ever believed it if they said that they were using a Pakistani asylum-seeker to assist with their preparation against Proteas leg-spin bowler Imran Tahir.

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