Cook wants to lead England at World Cup
Alastair Cook was able to offer a more clear-headed appraisal of his views on the captaincy, after indicating last week that he could give up the one-day job

Alastair Cook said he wanted to continue as England's one-day captain after finally securing a win in Perth • Getty Images
'Worst we've bowled' - Bailey
George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain, conceded that a poor opening with the ball, when England put on 87 for the first wicket in 12.2 overs after being asked to bat, was one of the main factors in defeat at the WACA. England also managed to shake 93 runs out of the last ten overs, as Australia lost their unbeaten record against the tourists and Bailey, who was deputising for the rested Michael Clarke, said that 'death bowling' was one of the key areas the team were working on.
"They got more than I hoped but I thought it was a score we could chase down," he said. "From the start they got, I thought at one stage it was probably going to be more like 350, so we were probably happy that it was only 316, but it was more a 290-wicket. Having said that, we might have been one wicket too many down, but I thought with 16-17 overs to go we were in a good position.
"[The decision to bowl] was more the tackiness of the wicket, it certainly felt like for our bowlers it swung around a lot, I don't think we utilised that well at all. I thought that was probably the worst we've bowled, certainly at the start of the game, perhaps it was the swing that made it difficult, the bowlers found it a little hard to control. We always talk about coming to the WACA from elsewhere that you've got to adjust your lengths really quickly and it took us a little while to do that.
"One of the areas we highlighted at the start of the series is nailing our death bowling. I generally think our one-day cricket's in really good order; [but] I think it's really hard to be good at the death at the moment, particularly when you're playing against a side who have batters in. I think we've got some bowlers who are going to be really skilled at it, in James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile. But it's just a matter of mapping out their plans really clearly to each batter and also working out how they best bowl at the death."