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  Not much fun as captain Cook marks 29th birthday

  Cricket | December 25, 2013 11:09 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: England captain Alastair Cook marked his 29th birthday -- and Christmas Day -- on Wednesday yet found little cause for celebration on the eve of the fourth test against Australia.   Trailing 3-0 in

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  Captain Cook loses the Ashes in his 100th test

  Cricket | December 17, 2013 16:07 IST

  Perth, Australia: Alastair Cook got to hold the Ashes for less than four months as England captain before handing the old urn over to Michael Clarke in a match neither of them will forget.   Cook's