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With Andrew Strauss lukewarm about Bangladesh, England have earmarked Alastair Cook for the job

With Andrew Strauss lukewarm about Bangladesh, England have earmarked Alastair Cook for the job. He has little to no experience of leading and is unlikely to get any before England come calling, writes Mike Atherton in the Times. So, in the spirit of generosity, he offers Cook an annotated version of a talk given by Mike Brearley at the Festival of Free Thinking in Gateshead last month.

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Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo