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Alastair Cook gets '100%' backing from England captain Joe Root

England captain gives backing to Alastair Cook for the rest of the Test series against India

22-Aug-2018•George Dobell at Trent Bridge

Joe Root calls for 'strong response' from England top order

England captain Joe Root has urged the top order to focus on turning their form around ahead of the fourth Test at Southampton

22-Aug-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Variety of fast bowlers in India's attack 'unusual' - Cook

Ajinkya Rahane, meanwhile, believes India have the fast bowlers to swing the Test series their way, provided they are in the right mental space

30-Jul-2018•Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston

Alastair Cook's chanceless century confirms readiness for Indian summer

England opener makes first hundred of the summer while Nick Gubbins gives selectors a nudge with 73

16-Jul-2018•George Dobell at New Road

Dom Bess, Jack Leach and Alastair Cook in Lions XI to play India A

Chris Woakes, Dawid Malan and Sam Curran bring the number of players with full international experience to six

06-Jul-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Joe Mennie's burst lifts Lancashire before Essex battle back

Mennie and Graham Onions took four Essex wickets for 16 runs between them in a match which promises an absorbing conclusion

10-Jun-2018•Paul Edwards

Alastair Cook warns England careers are on the line amid Test slump

He has urged his team-mates to "stick together" after the nine-wicket defeat at Lord's which has led to heavy criticism

30-May-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Will Joe Clarke be the gamble that Ed Smith can't resist?

Joe Clarke's latest century will have alerted the new England selector Ed Smith, but would a call-up be too much, too soon?

12-May-2018•Jon Culley at New Road

Cook tunes up for another demanding summer

Alastair Cook looked to have suffered no lasting effects from a testing winter as he returned to Essex's Championship side with familiar certainty

30-Apr-2018•ECB Reporters Network

England 'suspected' Australia ball-tampering during Ashes

Alastair Cook has admitted England were curious about how Australia got the ball to reverse-swing on the final day of the Perth Test after heavy rain

24-Apr-2018•Andrew Miller

Bayliss wants greater competition for batting spots

England's head coach has hinted that the batting line-up is unlikely to change much for the series against Pakistan in May, despite few of the issues being resolved over the winter

04-Apr-2018•Andrew McGlashan

Root to get close-up view of Cook's convalescence

Alastair Cook will attempt to restate his England credentials in front of the England captain, Joe Root, in one of the Championship's most attractive early-season fixtures

03-Apr-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook hopes to banish dark times under Auckland's lights

Alastair Cook knows that he still has much to prove at the top of England's order despite a memorable double-century in Melbourne

18-Mar-2018•Andrew McGlashan

Moeen's horror, Broad's toil, and Malan's silver lining

It was another bruising Ashes campaign down under for England who had moments in each of the five Tests they couldn't take advantage of. Have any players left with enhanced reputations and who is looking over their shoulder?

09-Jan-2018•George Dobell

Warner, Smith and the rain frustrate England's push

Alastair Cook carried his bat for 244 not out but England's hopes of victory were hampered by the weather and some obdurate batting

29-Dec-2017•Report by Brydon Coverdale

Cook's masterful 244* builds commanding lead

Alastair Cook scored his fifth Test double century and added 100 for the ninth-wicket with Stuart Broad as England seized control of the fourth Test

28-Dec-2017•Report by Brydon Coverdale

Cook 'hurt and frustrated' at failure to influence series

Alastair Cook said he was proud to have showcased once again his ability to "go to the well" in recording his 32nd Test century

27-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook's drought-breaking hundred puts England on top

Alastair Cook scored his first Ashes hundred since January 2011 to back up excellent work from England's pace attack on a day where the visitors dominated

27-Dec-2017•Report by Brydon Coverdale

All England want for Christmas...is a win

The Ashes are gone and the prospect of another whitewash looms for England. There will be a huge number of visiting supporters in Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test, so what do they need to do to bring some festive cheer?

21-Dec-2017•George Dobell

Ferocity of Ashes gives Stoneman "different take" on Australians

Mark Stoneman has shown impressive guts and determination in the Ashes but admitted he had not before faced attack with such sustained hostility as the Australians

20-Dec-2017•George Dobell

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