https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com Latest news from 4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com (c)4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com en-gb Sat 27 Apr 2024 https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/otVwtBso3q_drh-sevawcirc/what-root-said-about-cook-and-anderson-after-oval-triumph-on-anderson-going-past-mcgrath.html What Jimmy has achieved and what he is capable of achieving still is astounding. For him to have taken as many wickets as he has https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/WWYz8RFRVT_drh-sevawcirc/it-was-an-unbelievable-spell-cook-on-wicketless-shami.html Alastair Cook scored a typically hard fought half-century in the first innings but India hit back to restrict England to 198 for 7 at stumps on Day 1 https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/fh4KDzt8Fl_drh-sevawcirc/england-coach-bayliss-backs-cook-firmly-despite-recent-struggles.html England coach Trevor Bayliss has given his full backing to former skipper Alastair Cook despite him struggling in the ongoing Test series against India. The southpaw is yet to cross 50 in the three Tests played so far. https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/W1UON7EkFL_drh-sevawcirc/relieved-cook-admits-he-faced-being-dropped.html Veteran England batsman Alastair Cook has admitted that he could have been dropped for the final Ashes Test had he not returned to form in Melbourne https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/fzcMEO4tci_drh-sevawcirc/ashes-2017-18-johnson-feels-broad-cook-were-not-ready-for-challenge.html With England having lost the Ashes rather meekly, former Aussie pacer Mitchell Johnson has said that England’s senior players like Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad have just not been up to the mark. https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/H2zCjig8I7_drh-sevawcirc/ashes-2017-18-root-plays-down-talk-of-2013-14-scars.html In the build up to the Ashes 2017-18 that got underway, England captain Joe Root has played down the talk of reopening the 'scars' of the 2013-14 https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/oxisv3iYht_drh-sevawcirc/ashes-2017-18-steve-waugh-makes-interesting-observation-about-alastair-cook.html With the Ashes 2017-18 set to begin next month former Australian captain Steve Waugh has said that experienced opener Alastair Cook is past his prime. https://4-dot-cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/tV3Xktcetb_drh-sevawcirc/cook-earns-praise-from-strauss-over-test-captaincy-decision.html Alastair Cook's decision to step down as captain of the England cricket team has earned praise from the Director of Cricket, Andrew Strauss. The latter also revealed that the successor to Cook will be named within a fortnight, before the one-day team leaves for the Caribbean,