Alastair Cook was a nice, reliable England Test captain but not a great one February 8, 2017 Alastair Cook will not be remembered as one of England’s great Test captains. He will be recalled as a nice, reliable and uncontroversial skipper who over the last couple of years has taken a young England side to pretty good heights and laid the foundations for that team to achieve more in the future. Others [...]
Alastair Cook talks up Joe Root but throws three other names into mix for next England captain February 7, 2017 Erstwhile England skipper Alastair Cook has extolled the virtues of would-be successor Joe Root, describing his heir-apparent as someone who would command huge respect in the dressing room. Root, 26, has been installed as the frontrunner to replace Cook, who brought his four-and-a-half-year reign as England Test captain to an end on Monday, admitting he [...]
Alastair Cook’s reign as England Test skipper in five moments February 6, 2017 NEW KID ON THE BLOCK Cook’s first tour in charge saw the tourists, together with a reintegrated Kevin Pietersen following the South Africa text message debacle earlier that year, shock MS Dhoni’s India in their own back yard – England’s first victory there in 28 years. The left-hander led from the front, notching 562 runs [...]
Alastair Cook will remain a key figure in England side for years despite quitting captaincy, insists director of cricket Andrew Strauss February 6, 2017 England director of cricket Andrew Strauss has backed Alastair Cook to remain a key figure in the side for many years to come despite quitting his role as Test captain. Cook, who succeeded Strauss as England skipper in August 2012, called time on his tenure having captained his country for a record 59 Test matches. [...]
Alastair Cook steps down as England Test cricket captain after almost five years February 6, 2017 England opening batsman Alastair Cook has ended speculation over his future by stepping down as captain of the Test team. Cook, 32, was appointed in August 2012 and led the side for a record 59 Tests, including Ashes series wins in 2013 and 2015. His departure comes after a 4-0 series defeat in India late [...]
England’s collapse against India was crazy, but there were a number of positives to come out of their one-day tour of India February 1, 2017 Losing eight wickets for as many runs in just 19 deliveries is crazy when you look at it on paper and there is no disguising the fact that England took a hiding in the decisive Twenty20 clash against India in Bangalore. But rather than look too deeply into it, I would put it down to [...]
Eoin Morgan laments England’s worst batting in years as tourists lose final eight wickets for just eight runs in T20 decider February 1, 2017 England skipper Eoin Morgan lambasted the worst batting performance in years after his side lost eight wickets for just eight runs in their forlorn Twenty20 decider with India in Bangalore. The tourists were progressing with intent on 117-2 in pursuit of a 203 victory target before Morgan and Joe Root fell in successive deliveries to [...]
Furious England skipper Eoin Morgan set to report umpire to cricket authorities January 29, 2017 Irate England skipper Eoin Morgan bemoaned the quality of umpiring after his side succumbed in the final over to hand India a Twenty20 series-levelling victory in Nagpur. With the tourists requiring eight runs to win, Joe Root was dismissed off the first ball of the final over, given out LBW by umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin despite [...]
Eoin Morgan hails “complete” England as tourists eclipse India in Twenty20 opener January 26, 2017 England skipper Eoin Morgan insisted his side had produced a near-perfect performance after they made a winning start to their Twenty20 series with a seven-wicket success over India in Kanpur. The tourists’ bowlers were much-maligned after their showing in the 50-over tussles with India but England restricted their hosts to 147-7 as off-spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali [...]
Ben Stokes lays demons of World Twenty20 final to rest as England restore one-day pride with victory over India January 23, 2017 England all-rounder Ben Stokes admitted his satisfaction at laying the demons of the World Twenty20 final to rest as his side recorded a pride-salvaging victory over India in the final one-day clash in Kolkata. With England on the cusp of T20 glory in April, Stokes was left distraught as West Indies hard-hitter Carlos Brathwaite smacked [...]