England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alastair-Nathan-Cook-c42852 to be the next Matthew Hayden says Michael Vaughan – Cricket News Update
England’s former skipper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Hayden, who was one of the hardest hitters of the ball, helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Craig-Gilchrist-c41892, formed a nightmarish opening duo for bowlers all over the world.
Vaughan, who captained the English side during their Ashes triumph in 2005, has rated the new captain as a player who should be able to mould his game according to the requirements of one-day cricket.
Cook had not been picked as an automatic choice in one-day cricket for nearly three-years and he will have to prove his selection as the skipper of the team in the shorter version of the game by changing his mild mannered batting into an explosive extravaganza.
He plays his first game as skipper on June 28, 2011 against the formidable Sri Lankan one-day side.
Talking about Cook, Vaughan said, “As a captain I think he will go OK. It’s his batting that needs to flourish and that’s where the challenge lies. I think he could become a Hayden-like opening batter for England because he is just so http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 and strong and
powerful.”
Identifying the innovations that need to be introduced by Cook in his batting, the 36-year-old Vaughan said, “He will have to learn how to hit the ball over the top more consistently because that’s the big asset for the world’s best opening batsmen in one-day
cricket. (Andrew) Strauss learned how to do that, he would come down the wicket and hit over mid-off, and Alastair can do it too.”
Vaughan advised the 26-year-old Cook to aim at scoring a commendable innings in the upcoming five-match one-day series to shun his critics, who have questioned his place in the one-day game.
Earlier, the former skipper and opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, to concentrate on Test cricket.
After long and hectic consultations between the team management and officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Cook was named as the one-day captain, bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 as the Twenty20 captain while Strauss was retained as the Test captain.
This is the first time that England cricket is experimenting with the concept of different captains for the three formats of the game.
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