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  Cook was let down by his players: Matt Prior

  Cricket | January 09, 2014 15:49 IST

  London: England wicket keeper Matt Prior says there are obvious straightforward cricketing reasons why we lost and Cook has taken a lot of criticism but he was let down by his players and we have

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  Ashes: Cook helps England to 91-2 at tea, day 2, 3rd test

  Cricket | December 14, 2013 15:00 IST

  Perth, Australia: Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry shared the biggest opening partnership of the series before England lost two quick wickets to slip to 91-2 at tea Saturday after dismissing Australia for 385 on the

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  Ashes: Australia 107-3 at lunch on day 1, 3rd test

  Cricket | December 13, 2013 11:23 IST

  Perth, Australia: England, desperate to come back in to the Ashes series after losing first two tests, took three wickets to leave Australia 107-3 at lunch on first day of the third test here Friday.England

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  Ashes: Captain Clarke one win away from reclaiming old Urn

  Cricket | December 12, 2013 17:30 IST

  Perth, Australia: The third test at WACA would be captains  Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke's 100th tests but holding on to hard earned Urn would be the top most priority for Cook who has yet

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  Ashes: Captains Cook, Clarke reach the 100 mark together

  Cricket | December 11, 2013 17:24 IST

  Perth, Australia: The third Ashes test here will be 100th test caps for Australian captain Michael Clarke and England captain Alastair Cook. Clarke's Australian team leads the five-test series 2-0 and is hoping to regain

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  Ashes: Question marks on Pietersen's motivation

  Cricket | December 09, 2013 13:07 IST

  Adelaide, Australia: After suffering yet another humiliating defeat here in the second test England captain Alastair Cook, who himself failed to lead from the front, has admitted speaking to Kevin Pietersen about the motivation levels

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  Cook, Dhoni captain of ICC test, ODI teams

  Cricket | December 03, 2013 15:41 IST

  Mumbia: The International Cricket Council on Tuesday named  England's Alastair Cook and India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni the captains of the test and one-day international teams of the year.   The 12-member test team has four players

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  Ashes: England has nothing to fear against Aussies, says Cook

  Cricket | November 20, 2013 20:08 IST

  Brisbane, Australia: Alastair Cook has fanned the flames for what could be a heated Ashes contest by saying his England squad has nothing to fear against Australia.   The Australians haven't lost a test at the

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  Cook, Carberry hit tons on 1st day vs Australia A

  Cricket | November 06, 2013 12:22 IST

  Hobart, Australia: England captain Alistair Cook and Michael Carberry pummeled the Australia A bowlers to post unbeaten centuries Wednesday on the first day of a four-day tour match as the tourists prepare for the first

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  Dhoni, Kohli among 5 nominated for LG People's Choice AwardŽ

  Cricket | November 02, 2013 14:23 IST

  Mumbai: Team India captain M.S. Dhoni, batting sensation Virat Kohli, Australi captain Michael Clarke, England captain Alastair Cook and South African AB de Villiers would be rubbing shoulders with each other for this year's fourth

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  Difficult to describe my captaincy, says Cook

  Cricket | August 21, 2013 15:40 IST

  New Delhi: It is almost a year since Alastair Cook's appointment as England captain and while his leadership has not often been all that  adventurous but it has certainly been highly effective.“I still find my

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  Cook on target to go for Tendulkar's numbers: Kevin Pietersen

  Cricket | June 27, 2013 15:01 IST

  London, Jun 27: Alastair Cook is over 8,000 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar in Test cricket but Kevin Pietersen believes his England captain is on target to challenge the veteran Indian's numbers and break every record

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  India favourites but we are keen to set record straight: Cook

  Cricket | June 22, 2013 19:34 IST

  Birmingham, Jun 22: England captain Alastair Cook reckons that India will start as favourites in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy tomorrow but said his team will be raring to set the record straight

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  Rachael Leigh Cook pregnant

  Hollywood | May 09, 2013 9:54 IST

  Los Angeles, May 9 : Actress-model Rachael Leigh Cook is pregnant with her first child with actor-husband Daniel Gillies.The 33-year-old actress has been trying to hide her baby bump, reports femalefirst.co.uk.“I've been hiding my rapidly

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  Cook rues absence of DRS after Pietersen's dismissal

  Cricket | January 22, 2013 13:31 IST

  Ranchi, Jan 19: England captain Alastair Cook today rued the absence of Decision Review System (DRS) in the ongoing tour of India after Kevin Pietersen fell to an umpiring blunder in the third cricket ODI

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  Cook misses out on a double but England in complete command

  Cricket | December 08, 2012 15:26 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 7: Captain Alastair Cook continued to torment India with a monumental knock of 190 as England put themselves in the driver's seat by taking a mammoth 193 runs first innings lead in the

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  Cook hints at replacing Broad with Finn for Eden Test

  Cricket | December 04, 2012 15:07 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 4: With pacer Stuart Broad going wicketless so far in the cricket Test series against India, England captain Alastair Cook Tuesday hinted at playing Steve Finn in the Eden Gardens Test beginning Wednesday."It

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  We won't get carried away, say Cook, Pietersen

  Cricket | November 26, 2012 18:24 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 26: Heroes of England's thumping 10-wicket triumph against India in the second Test, skipper Alastair Cook and aggressive batsman Kevin Pietersen today said the team will have to guard against complacency in the

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  Incredible cook Gaga

  Hollywood | November 22, 2012 9:45 IST

  London, Nov 22: Pop star Lady Gaga is an "incredible" cook and makes her own healthy soup to stay trim, says her personal trainer.The 26-year-old, who was criticised for gaining 25 pounds, is back to

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  Everyone needs to contribute, says Captain Cook

  Cricket | November 19, 2012 15:58 IST

  Ahmedabad, Nov 19: One of the very few batsmen to emerge with his head held high in the big defeat to India in the first Test, England skipper Alastair Cook today said it was time