Alastair Cook wants England to keep improving – Cricket News Update
Having taken an unassailable lead in the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the England captain, is happy to have retained the number one ranking and hopes to take the team further.
The Poms outclassed the Proteas in the all department of the fourth ODI at the Lord’s and won the match by six wickets to go 2-1 up in the battle. The last match is scheduled to be played on September 5, at Nottingham.
Prior to the ODI series, the visitors thrashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 in the Tests by a handsome margin of two games to nil, clinching the number one ranking in the five-day format. In case of the ODI series victory, the Proteas would have become
the best side in all three versions of the sport.
Cook is happy with his side’s performance and hopes that the boys will not take things for granted in the future. The left-handed opener feels that his team is not flawless yet, and wants them to keep working hard.
"It's certainly not a bad thing, staying number one," said Cook. "But I think we feel this side has its future ahead of it, rather than behind it. We're still striving to improve in all areas. We've only been together for a year or so. We've had some really
good results, but certainly don't really feel like the number one side."
The 27-year-old cricketer from Gloucester replaced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011. Since then, there has been a dramatic improvement in England’s performance, with them winning series against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
Cook expressed that the side did well not to lose heart after the Test series defeat, and the one in the second ODI.
"Clearly after what's happened this summer, we could have let our heads go down. We admitted we didn't get it right at the Ageas Bowl, and we've bounced back really well," he added.
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