Cook had it in him from the beginning, says Graham Gooch – Cricket News Update
Extremely impressed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Alan-Gooch-c60530, the England batting coach, has expressed that the left-handed opener had the ability to make it big from the beginning of his career.
The former England captain has closely monitored Cook’s growth as a professional cricketer, being the ex-batting coach of Essex, the left-hander’s county.
Over the last couple of years, Cook has performed exceptionally well against different bowling attacks of the world. The left-handed opener did a terrific job in the Ashes 2010-11, helping the Poms retain the Urn.
He was made the captain of the English One Day International side last year and replaced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 born cricketer’s retirement from competitive sport.
Cook already has more than seven thousand runs in the five-day format, which includes 23 centuries. The 27-year-old cricketer is presently averaging more than 50 runs per innings in Test cricket, which speaks volumes of his abilities.
Gooch admits that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 skipper is not the most stylish batsman but said that scoring runs is the most important thing for a player. The former opening batsman feels that many players have the potential but very few make it count and said that Cook was an extremely focused player since his childhood.
“You know the old saying? It's not how, it's how many. Often young players coming up have talent and ability to strike the ball but they don't quite know how to manage their ability. Sometimes it dawns on them later in life and sometimes it doesn't dawn on them at all but this lad had it from the beginning,” he expressed.
The former captain further added that Cook was criticised by many sporting analysts when he was given a chance to prove his skills in the 50-over format; however, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 cricketer answered his critics in the best possible manner by doing well with the bat.
Gooch said, “When he came into the one-day side a lot of people said he didn't have the game for it but smart players find a way. And he plays a different sort of game in one-day cricket.”
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