Alaistair Cook Watch - Has the End begun?

[chapetmarunga]

3 hours ago, Vijy said:

he should play if he scores the runs, not just because he wants to. eng selectors have given a very long rope to cook because of his public school status

cook went to private school

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/01/ashes-2013-cricket-players-privately-educated_n_3687757.html

[Vijy]

15 minutes ago, chapetmarunga said:

cook went to private school

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/01/ashes-2013-cricket-players-privately-educated_n_3687757.html

public school is brtiish slang for posh private schools

[SK_IH]

looks like he has resurrected his career at MCG 

[Gollum]

Legend Cook gave a tight slap to all his detractors today, hope he gets a 200 tomorrow and proves form is temporary, class is permanent. This pitch isn't a patta, a 100 run lead and Eng have a great chance to win. 

[King Tendulkar]

If England had some hot prospects to take his slot then boot him out . But they have no one and already have some rookies in team . Thus should carry on for a year more and assess then if form has slumped again and if newbies have stepped up 

 

the presence of balllance ( picked as roots Yorkshire buddy ) in squad sums up back ups

[Ankit_sharma03]

46 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

If England had some hot prospects to take his slot then boot him out . But they have no one and already have some rookies in team . Thus should carry on for a year more and assess then if form has slumped again and if newbies have stepped up 

 

the presence of balllance ( picked as roots Yorkshire buddy ) in squad sums up back ups

Exactly,

have to back ur top players and dont talk about replacing them unless someone is really pushing them. BAck ur legends Cook in test, dhoni in Odi are legends. 

Form varies, no 11 players can be intop form all time. If they are contributing in some way back them . All the legends in past have been backed. 

M sure cook is also a great help to root with his captaincy .

[King Tendulkar]

4 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 BAck ur legends Cook in test, dhoni in Odi are legends. 

 

Just for clarification I dissacoiate myself from dhoni point !

[adi B]

This knock will save cook's ass ,If he scores a big one and wins them the match then he's  a lock for another couple of seasons .the bowling attack minus starc and cook makes merry .

did he pay starc to sit out lol ?

[SK_IH]

7 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

Just for clarification I dissacoiate myself from dhoni point !

[goose]

On 18 December 2017 at 7:14 PM, sandeep said:

How about rating Ishant on his last 20 tests.   Not saying he's a "champion" but at this point in his career, he's a value-add 3rd pacer, and has done quite decently in away tests over the last couple of years.  

 

Ishant was rushed into international cricket before he was ready for it, and thrust into a lead pacer role when he never really was that good a bowler.   He's no longer as bad a bowler as his historical statistics imply.

there's no such thing as value add third pacer in RSA, AUS ENG. he might have improved but a bit but you have to compare him to another prospect with 10 years behind him. he has utterly wasted the Indian cap.

Edited December 27, 2017 by goose

[sandeep]

5 hours ago, goose said:

there's no such thing as value add third pacer in RSA, AUS ENG. he might have improved but a bit but you have to compare him to another prospect with 10 years behind him. he has utterly wasted the Indian cap.

I see your point, but it's not like the guys he kept out of the side - Vinay  Kumar etc - were any better.  And Bottom line is that, you have to pick a guy on what he can do for you today, not what he did last year.  

 

And I strongly disagree with you regarding the importance of the 3rd pacer. It's a massive difference if your 3rd steamer can sustain pressure instead of releasing it.  Test bowlers hunt in packs, and it's been a perennial problem for us to maintain pressure and incisiveness, after the first spells of the main quick (or 2) are done.  

[goose]

he is a moron. there is nothing going on upstairs. 

 

[Rasgulla]

Just around 4k to go.. Do it selflessly unlike that coward..

[goose]

9 hours ago, sandeep said:

And I strongly disagree with you regarding the importance of the 3rd pacer. It's a massive difference if your 3rd steamer can sustain pressure instead of releasing it.  Test bowlers hunt in packs, and it's been a perennial problem for us to maintain pressure and incisiveness, after the first spells of the main quick (or 2) are done.  

you misunderstood. the 3rd pacer is not a supporting role. he has to contribute with wickets, lots of them, on away tours.

[Shy9]

I doubt COOK can breaks SRTS Test Record 

[MechEng]

17 hours ago, Gollum said:

Legend Cook gave a tight slap to all his detractors today, hope he gets a 200 tomorrow and proves form is temporary, class is permanent. This pitch isn't a patta, a 100 run lead and Eng have a great chance to win. 

He's batting like 2012 India tour right now, looks impenetrable!

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, Shy9 said:

I doubt COOK can breaks SRTS Test Record 

I hope he does 

[Gollum]

Legend showing how it's done. 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Gollum

[New guy]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Legend showing how it's done. 

Just a last spurt like a dying candle

[Gollum]

17 minutes ago, New guy said:

Just a last spurt like a dying candle

Watch him grind our attack to dust next year, 500+ series on the cards for the mighty Cook.