All posts tagged "Alastair Cook"
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News
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016
(Photo: Getty Images) In the final piece of our three-part series cataloging the ups and downs of Alastair Cook’s career as...
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News
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end
(Photo: Getty Images) We continue our three-part series looking back on Alastair Cook’s Test captaincy, analysing here the trials and tribulations...
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International News
/ 9 years agoWill Hales join the list of England’s lost talents?
Joshua Peck wonders whether a record-breaking batsman may have allowed rivals to usurp his place in the international side Andrew Flintoff,...
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News
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook: the first two years as captain
Following Alastair Cook’s resignation as England captain, we profile his leadership’s progression and the moments that provided a stern, sometimes unwanted,...
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News
/ 9 years agoCook calls time on his term as England Test captain
Alastair Cook has announced his resignation as the captain of England to call time on his record 59 Tests in charge....
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s
The seeming prevarication over the future of Alastair Cook as England captain seems to be based on achieving the right level...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits
The Champions Trophy next June will be England’s main white-ball focus for the medium term, but they could do with gaining...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook ready to stand down as England captain, Joe Root next man in
A big shake-up expected in the England camp.
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny
For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings It’s that time...
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International News
/ 9 years agoNo hiding place for Cook, whose jumbled thinking is hurting his side
Derek Pringle looks at England’s shortcomings in India and questions the methods of their skipper, whose lack of faith and adventure...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – Jennings and Daws sensible picks for England
Keaton Jennings and Liam Dawson have been picked to replace the injured duo of Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari in England’s...
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News
/ 9 years agoCricket Supplies: 2017 Gray-Nicolls Range!
Cricket Supplies are one of the longest established online specialist cricket equipment retailers, launching our first site in the late 1990’s....
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International News
/ 9 years agoReasons to be cheerful for England despite Second Test defeat
Despite suffering a heavy defeat to India in the Second Test in Visakhapatnam, England still have reasons to be cheerful for...
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International News
/ 9 years agoCook has much more to offer his young charges
Alison Mitchell believes Alastair Cook, despite hinting at standing down as skipper, is the right man to take England forward Alastair...
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International News
/ 9 years agoTop captains in numbers… but not necessarily in their rankings!
As Alastair Cook surpasses Michael Atherton as England’s most-capped skipper, Derek Pringle identifies the key similarities between the pair Amid the...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Praise England for having courage to go
England’s cricketers may have left Bangladesh with their tails between their legs but in one important respect at least they travelled...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDream Team – James Taylor
Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s a...
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International News
/ 9 years agoThe options available to England selectors ahead of India series
(Photo: Action Images) By Harvey Burgess After collapsing from 100-0 to 164 all out in the second innings of the defeat...
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International News
/ 9 years agoZafar Ansari – the academic all-rounder of Pakistani descent
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess It is not very often that you hear ‘double first from Cambridge’ and ‘professional athlete’...
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International News
/ 9 years agoFlamin’ Nora, England spin their way out of trouble
They say about young up-and-coming sportsman that if you’re good enough, you’re old enough when it comes to being selected. Equally...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – We should have given knackered Cook time to recover
It was absolutely typical of Alastair Cook to want to be with his players for the start of the series in...
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International News
/ 9 years agoEngland name Physical Disabilities squad for Dubai tournament
The ECB have announced a 15-man Physical Disability squad for the upcoming T20 tournament in Dubai. The England Physical Disability team will head...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Work to be done for Essex to shake off yo-yo tag
The biggest challenge of promotion it seems, for those teams which manage it like my old county Essex, is adapting to...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Selectors can find that wow factor in Div Two
Is the selection of England’s international teams an art or a science? The fudged answer, with that old image of selectors...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Boards need to make the call not players
England’s cricketers have been assured that, should they choose not to travel to Bangladesh next month for the first leg of...
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