Tag: Alastair Cook

Paul Nixon: I predict Kevin Pietersen will be back for the Ashes

19 May 2015 0 comments

Paul Nixon column DESPITE what has been said about Kevin Pietersen not being in England’s plans, I believe we will […]

POLL – Who should partner Alastair Cook?

6 May 2015 0 comments

AFTER Jonathan Trott announced his retirement from international cricket, there is a slot at the top of England’s batting order […]

Moeen ton leaves more questions than answers

28 November 2014 0 comments

Prior to England’s tour of Sri Lanka, it had been widely assumed that Alex Hales would be the man to partner Alastair Cook at the top of the order.

Now Let’s Free Alastair Cook From Burden Of Building A Platform

2 October 2014 0 comments

WHATEVER Michael Vaughan, Graeme Swann, Geoffrey Boycott or Kevin Pietersen think, those who really matter in the debate over Alastair Cook’s place in England’s ODI plans have spoken.

Brad Wadlan: So Much Major Talent In Minor Counties

11 September 2014 0 comments

It has been extremely satisfying as a current Minor Counties cricketer seeing players like Shropshire’s Richard Oliver (Worcestershire) and Hertfordshire’s Tanveer Sikander (Essex) break into the first-class game this season.

Peter Hayter: This Is How You Could End The ODI Shambles

10 September 2014 1 comment

Ah, the innocence of youth. Lord knows what Alastair Cook, Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Paul Downton would have made of such thoughts, but it took the teenage progeny of a colleague to put in a nutshell what many currently feel about England’s 50 over performances.

Ashley Giles: Things Starting To Look Up For Cook And Co

7 August 2014 0 comments

If Alastair Cook had written the script for the third Test he would have struggled to include many more positives for his England side without it simply looking like a work of fantasy.

Peter Hayter: Only Runs Can Save Alastair Cook’s Captaincy

29 July 2014 0 comments

Judging by the dead eyes and drawn features on his master’s face in the post-match Press exposure following England’s defeat to India in the second Test at Lord’s, you would not want to have been a cat in the Alastair Cook household when he got home.

Paul Nixon: Alex Hales’ Power Will Give England A Kick-Start

16 May 2014 0 comments

Today is a very big day for English cricket and that’s why the selectors have been so safe with the squad they have chosen for the game against Scotland in Aberdeen.

Peter Hayter: It’s Time To Loosen The Gag And Tell The Truth

15 May 2014 0 comments

Some years ago it was my task, on behalf of a group of reporters covering a county cricket match at the Oval, to approach one of the umpires after close of play to ask why he had felt it necessary to step in when one of the Surrey batsmen squared up to a couple of the Gloucestershire players that afternoon.

Just Don’t Lose Any Moor Skippers, Peter!

1 May 2014 0 comments

AS Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell said in The Importance Of Being Earnest: “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

Lurking Presence Of Kevin Pietersen Will Be Test For Alastair Cook

23 April 2014 0 comments

THE happiest image of a good week for county cricket was that of Alastair Cook celebrating his century against Derbyshire at Chelmsford with a rock-the-baby salute to his new daughter, giving a whole new meaning to Graham Gooch’s favourite term: “Daddy hundred”.

It’s Time For Ian Bell To Step Into The Limelight

9 April 2014 0 comments

FOR a glimpse of what England hope their post-KP future in the Test arena might look like, it is worth casting a glance back to what happened after he announced he was quitting one-day cricket two summers ago.