We appreciate England’s desire to identify the next England captain in advance, but why has Alastair Cook been chosen?
Warning: this article may contain some petty, bigoted views about certain strands of British society
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There is no standout candidate to be the next England captain, yet England have clearly plumped for Alastair Cook. Why? Presumably he [...]
TV analysis can get a bit nit-picking and it turns us all into experts. Alastair Cook was in poor form and there had to be a reason: “His footwork’s not good. Here’s an example of that.” There’s your proof. Case closed.
Only it doesn’t exactly work like that. Technique can improve your chances of succeeding as [...]
Few journalists rejoice when Alastair Cook is wheeled out in front of the press to talk about a day’s play or upcoming series, but he gave a decent couple of interviews this weekend in the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times (which I can’t link to). In many ways, Cook sums up ‘New England’; Andy Flower’s [...]
When have you ever seen an England scorecard that read 517-1? Against Australia as well.
We said that Alastair Cook would be okay and with 235 not out, you’d say we were probably right about that. We also predicted a whole host of series results though – none of which featured a draw.
Defending with an angled [...]
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