Was Alastair Cook's 2010 Ashes performance just an aberration?

[Gollum]

6 hours ago, Vijy said:

he is not the same as he was in 2014 though.

Hope so, we have gifted him enough runs and 100s...much more than he deserves. 

[MechEng]

39 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Hope so, we have gifted him enough runs and 100s...much more than he deserves. 

You wait and watch, all the underperformers in current Ashes - Moeen, Clouderson, Barbie, Cook and Root will get pretty stats against us next year. If no, then we have finally laid to rest the ghost of 2011.

[Gollum]

Just now, MechEng said:

You wait and watch, all the underperformers in current Ashes - Moeen, Clouderson, Barbie, Cook and Root will get pretty stats against us next year. If no, then we have finally laid to rest the ghost of 2011.

I would say 2012. 2011 was bad no doubt but when they won in India next year, that was even more humiliating !!!!

[SK_IH]

1 minute ago, MechEng said:

You wait and watch, all the underperformers in current Ashes - Moeen, Clouderson, Barbie, Cook and Root will get pretty stats against us next year. If no, then we have finally laid to rest the ghost of 2011.

i am dead sure about root scoring truckloads/daddy hundreds agntst us as usual

[MechEng]

6 minutes ago, Gollum said:

I would say 2012. 2011 was bad no doubt but when they won in India next year, that was even more humiliating !!!!

2012 was not that painful to me because our team was already shattered by that time after 8-0. The 2011 UK tour was the gloomiest time for me as a fan, even worse than 2007 World Cup exit. 

[G_B_]

Its the end of the road for him IMO

 

somebody will need to take the slack for what is going to be 5-0. Root being a young captain will survive.

 

Anderson will have one home season before walking away.

 

 

[King Tendulkar]

Won’t be dropped . Mates and one of the boys 

 

last time England toured aus they dropped there 2 top run scorers in the series cos they were not one of the boys 

[adi B]

Cook is going the bell route

[Vijy]

9 hours ago, MechEng said:

You wait and watch, all the underperformers in current Ashes - Moeen, Clouderson, Barbie, Cook and Root will get pretty stats against us next year. If no, then we have finally laid to rest the ghost of 2011.

root for sure will begin rampaging at home and the same goes for cloudy who is a "great" bowler when conditions assist him. not too sure abour barbie and cookie though; I think they may be in decline and will hopefully not revive against us.

Edited December 17, 2017 by Vijy

[Cricketics]

This is what seperates top players from good players. When you are down and out like Cook was, he comes and scores this amazing Double Ton to save the test and actually give his team a chance to win the match. 

 

Champion stuff honestly. One of the greatest of this era. 

 

 

[AmreekanDesi]

On 17 December 2017 at 9:31 PM, Vijy said:

root for sure will begin rampaging at home and the same goes for cloudy who is a "great" bowler when conditions assist him. not too sure abour barbie and cookie though; I think they may be in decline and will hopefully not revive against us.

So Root will rampage in 'cloudy' conditions where Anderson succeeds but not good for flat conditions?

 

in any case Andersons had a good series 

[King Tendulkar]

Smith said “ flattest pitch I have ever played on “

 

this knock needs to be air brushed out of cooks ashes stats