When all else fails, there’s always Delusion

[Ram]

That seems to be England team’s mantra these days. The more he opens his mouth, the more Cook comes across as an insular, deluded individual. Half of their guys look truly broken to the outside world. As things stand now, fighty 20s and 30s is the best Cook can deliver. Anderson looks more jaded than a worn out door mat. Broad is largely medium pace and average, with the occasional spell of impact. Prior has absolutely lost faith in his mind & body. It’s very admirable on the part of Cook to come and out and say Prior is still England’s best keeper batsmen - that is simply what true team-mates do – but at what point is her going to realize that the writing is on the wall, not just for his keeper-batsmen, but for himself also? They harder they try, the faster they sink. In one of his previous 'Bowl at Boys' episides on cricinfo, Boycott called Cook a ‘stubborn bugger’ who will not leave on his own accord. Maybe it’s time for someone in the establishment to show him which way the exit is.

[coffee_rules]

Boycs sums it up.

[King Tendulkar]

The eng comms have turned. They were delusional in backing their old warhorses. This loss has got them going

[Old guy]

they are really missing swann badly

[Ram]

The weird, unusual aspect of all of this is that Cook is an extremely popular guy that comes across as earnest, decent and hard-working. It's almost as though the collective british public is willing him to succeed every time he steps on the field. His approval rating is probably making it slightly harder to do the inevitable.

[vvvslaxman]

My hate for England has toned down after this match. I never treated them as rival like Australia, Pakistan. Usually a dull team to play against. But last tour and the comments followed that tour and during that tour sparked a rvilarly. In a single test we turned the table completely on them. Bounce them out.. that was the most satisfying thing. i wouldnt even have been this much happy had we shattered the stumps lol. That was because of Nasser Hussain for the last decade or so constantly had a go at Indian batsmen for not being able to play short balls well.

[Precambrian]

Add to that we did with a rookie team.

[JaiRamesh2]

I think Cook's rise and decline came with his exclusion and inclusion into ODI cricket. His golden age came about when he was never considered part of England ODI squad. But was suddenly selected as opener and captain for England ODI team when he wasn't even part of ODI team for years, after 2011 WC. Since then his Test career has dovetailed, but ironically he has done really well in ODIs, averaging 40 as an opener.

[ThePhenomenal1]

all teams go through issues but hope comms and people dont forget that this is a young indian side with its FIRST OVERSEAS WIN, that too at LORDS. Momentous win indeed.

[Sachinism]

The weird' date=' unusual aspect of all of this is that Cook is an extremely popular guy that comes across as earnest, decent and hard-working. It's almost as though the collective british public is willing him to succeed every time he steps on the field. His approval rating is probably making it slightly harder to do the inevitable.[/quote'] Its the ECB PR team. I wouldn't blame Cook too much, he's been pretty honest and positive in his interviews. How's he supposed to say Prior is deadweight? I'm sure he can express his views to the coach/selectors and let them deal with it