Alastair Cook unplugged
England's Ashes hero Alastair Cook in conversation with David Lloyd, writing in the Independent , on darts, helping out on the farm, the secret of batting and whether he expects to be the next England captain.
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
England's Ashes hero Alastair Cook in conversation with David Lloyd, writing in the Independent, on darts, helping out on the farm, the secret of batting and whether he expects to be the next England captain.
Surely all those big [Ashes] numbers add up to a life-changing experience? "No," says Cook with a smile and a look of relief. "I've probably been recognised a few more times in the street or when out shopping, but that is about it."
While most of his Test colleagues played a one-day series Down Under and then went straight into the World Cup, the opening batsman returned to a somewhat less glamorous routine: batting in the indoor nets at Chelmsford, training, promoting Samsung's latest notebook baby and helping out on the farm owned by his girlfriend's family.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo