No more controversies, pleads Alastair Cook – Cricket News Update
Geared up for the upcoming tour of India, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the England captain, wants his side to regroup ahead of an extremely important series and does not want any more controversies, which have hampered the Poms’ progress in
international cricket over the last few months.
England could not retain their number one ranking in Test cricket earlier this year, having lost the three-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 announced
his retirement from all forms of competitive cricket.
Cook has been appointed as the former left-handed opener’s successor and will be leading the Poms in a Test series for the first time in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 batsman.
England faced a huge controversy early in the year as their ace batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The right-handed batsman’s absence was one of the major
reasons why England failed to defend the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, unsuccessful to even qualify for the semi-finals.
The 27-year-old cricketer wants his team to learn from their mistakes and be more professional in future. The left-handed opening batsman urged the British to raise their game in order to have a serious chance against the Men
in Blue, who are always fierce competitors at their own backyard.
“Clearly, lessons from what has happened over the last two months need to be learned. You don’t want the situations that have arisen because it damages English cricket. We know that and we have got to give our best as a side,
as players and as a management, so as not to let it happen again,” said the England captain.
Having already scored 25 international centuries, Cook is satisfied with his progress as a batsman but hopes to deliver the goods as the Test captain as well.
“You don’t know what is around the corner, but throughout my career I think I have managed to deal with every situation quite well – whatever has been thrown at me. Hopefully I can take that into my captaincy as well,” he added.
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