Alastair Cook
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Ashes: Alastair Cook defies Australian bowling attack
Cricket | Nov 24, 2013, 10:41 AM ISTBisbane: Alastair Cook defied the Australian bowling attack for almost two full sessions until hail hit the Gabba on Sunday, prolonging England's bid to salvage something from the first Ashes test.Light rain stopped play and,
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Kevin Pietersen is a better captain than Cook: Warne
Cricket | Nov 09, 2013, 12:42 PM ISTSydney: In a continued tirade against England skipper Alastair Cook, Shane Warne has suggested former bad boy Kevin Pietersen is a better captain than Cook and should return as England captain.Just days after branding Cook
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Only results will matter in the Ashes series, says Cook on Warne's criticism
Cricket | Nov 05, 2013, 03:37 PM ISTHobart, Australia: England skipper Alastair Cook has played a straight bat to Australian great Shane Warne's renewed criticism of his captaincy style, saying only results will matter in the Ashes series starting later this month.
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Cook is boring, says Shane Warne
Cricket | Nov 04, 2013, 04:18 PM ISTMelbourne: Shane Warne has described England captain Alastair Cook as 'negative and boring and warned that Australia will regain the Ashes if he doesn't show more imagination. All this summer Warne kept criticising spent Cook's
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Ashes: England retain squad for 2nd Ashes test
Cricket | Jul 16, 2013, 09:28 AM ISTLondon, July 16: England has retained an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Ashes test against Australia starting on Thursday at the Lord's after winning the opening five-match series with a tense 14-run victory.The only
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We'll have play out of skin to beat India: Alastair Cook
Cricket | Jan 10, 2013, 05:03 PM ISTRajkot, Jan 10 : Despite a dominant Test series victory over India a few weeks, England skipper Alastair Cook is wary of the hosts, saying the players of his “underdog” side will have to play
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India allow England to wriggle out, teams share honours
Cricket | Dec 15, 2012, 04:03 PM ISTNagpur, Dec 13: Indian bowlers let England off the hook and allowed the visitors to recover from a difficult position as they reached 199 for five at stumps on the opening day to leave the
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Job is still not over, says Alastair Cook
Cricket | Dec 12, 2012, 05:14 PM ISTNagpur, Dec 12 : England captain Alastair Cook today said he has been left pleasantly surprised by the way his team bounced back from the opening loss to win back-to-back Tests against India but insisted
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Cook endorses Dhoni's 'home advantage' view
Cricket | Dec 04, 2012, 05:10 PM ISTKolkata, Dec 4: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been rooting for rank turners to exploit the home advantage, Tuesday had his views endorsed by his England counterpart Alastair Cook, who too called for
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Added responsibility may have helped my batting: Cook
Cricket | Dec 04, 2012, 04:03 PM ISTKolkata, Dec 4: England captain Alastair Cook, who took over the reins from Andrew Strauss before the India series, today said that the added responsibility has brought the best out of him.“May be the added
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Cook's ton helps England beat Windies, seals series
Cricket | Jun 20, 2012, 11:54 AM ISTLondon, June 20: Alastair Cook hit his fifth one-day hundred on Tuesday to lead England to an eight-wicket win against West Indies to clinch the three-match series.Cook scored 112 in putting on a 122-run opening
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England 460 All Out In Reply To Sri Lanka's 275
Cricket | Apr 05, 2012, 07:44 PM ISTColombo, Apr 5: Kevin Pietersen struck 151 for his 20th test hundred to help England to a 185-run lead over Sri Lanka on Thursday on the third day of the second test.Pietersen hit six sixes
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England Beats Pakistan In 2nd ODI To Lead 2-0
Cricket | Feb 16, 2012, 06:40 AM ISTAbu Dhabi, Feb 16: England beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second one-day international to lead 2-0 and grab at least a share of the series spoils on Wednesday.Skipper Alastair Cook scored a second
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Cook Eyes 'Something Special' In 2nd Test
Cricket | Jan 23, 2012, 03:44 PM ISTAbu Dhabi, U.A.E, Jan 23: England batsman Alastair Cook is confident of making amends for his side's heavy defeat by Pakistan last week when he opens a test innings with captain Andrew Strauss for the
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Cook Scores A Ton To Prop Up England
Cricket | Jan 11, 2012, 10:05 PM ISTDubai, Jan 11: Opener Alastair Cook struck a fighting hundred to prop up a struggling England batting display against a Pakistan Cricket Board XI in their second three-day tour match here on Wednesday.The 27-year-old left-hander
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Batting Let Us Down On This Tour : Cook
Cricket | Oct 26, 2011, 02:51 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 26: After their stunning collapse to lose the one-day series 0-5 against India, England skipper Alastair Cook blamed the defeat on their poor batting, saying they did well as a bowling unit.Bundled out
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It's Tough To Pull Up When The Series Is Lost : Cook
Cricket | Oct 21, 2011, 04:14 PM ISTMohali, Oct 21: Dejected England captain Alastair Cook said it would be difficult for him to lift his side in the remaining two ODIs against India after it conceded a 0-3 lead to the hosts
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We Have The Self-Belief To Make A Comeback, Says Cook
Cricket | Oct 18, 2011, 06:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 18: Pushed on the backfoot by two heavy defeats against India, England captain Alastair Cook reckons that he has "got the right players" to stage a turnaround in the ODI series and
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Real Test Is In The Sub-Continent Next Month : Cook
Cricket | Sep 17, 2011, 10:49 AM ISTCardiff, September 17: England may have dominated India in the just-concluded series but ODI skipper Alastair Cook warns that the real test would be to repeat the performance when the side plays Mahendra Singh Dhoni's
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Tag Of Favourites Is Irrelevant In ODI Series: Cook
Cricket | Sep 02, 2011, 07:10 PM ISTRiverside (Chester-Le-Street), Sep 2: They have put up some very dominant performance so far against India but England skipper Alastair Cook has refused to label his team as “favourite” in the One-day series, starting here