Alistair Cook - come in, your time is up

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  1. S.M.

    S.M. Well-Known Member

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    Yet another failure with the bat, how longs he got?
     
    S.M., Jun 21, 2014
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    I'm sure someone will be along soon and tell you he's the worlds greatest...oh hang on...
     
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    I wouldn't necessarily drop him but i'd sack him as captain, he's not the greatest but more to recover his batting ability.

    I think if the captaincy was removed he might get dropped for a bit too but he'd get back in IMO.

    I could be wrong but I think if you take the captaincy off him he'd recover his game pretty quickly, the pressures of the job, spotlight and the criticism doesn't sit well with him, not the type to search limelight, quiet farm boy apparently. Cracking opening bat, not a captain.

    Trouble is there's little choice - it'd be broad most likely, I'd give it to anderson. They never seem to appoint bowlers though, at least they could pretend broad can bat.
     
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    It's been said often enough before but we need to find another Mike Brearley type. Someone who is a decent leader of the troops without any specific batting or bowling responsibility. He batted middle order and quietly went about his business. Many saw him as one of the best captains we ever had.

    The likes of Broad and Anderson would not be right for the job - they need to concentrate on getting men out, not worrying about whether the field is set right and everything else that goes with the job. Cook is a great batsman who is in a bad trough of form at the moment. He needs the captaincy taking off him and maybe even sending back to his county for the rest of the season to get his sharpness back
     
    Prince of Risborough, Jun 22, 2014
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    Problem is they dont play enough first class cricket between tests
    One failure they then wait for next test to regain form or fail and then pressure mounts
     
    mrx, Jun 22, 2014
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    He's having a bad run, but people forget how good he was only 6 months ago. Captaincy is over rated. If bowlers take wickets and batsmen score runs you win. If they don't, you lose.
     
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    Thats got to be the final nail in his coffin today

    weak captain, diabolical batsman at the moment, put him out of his misery, ffs...
     
    S.M., Jun 23, 2014
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    Re: Thats got to be the final nail in his coffin today

    think billy ought to pack in umpiring too, 3 bad calls in last few hours, 1 fair enough, 2 poor, but 3, get back to club cricket
     
    korky, Jun 23, 2014
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    The three Cs - Cameron, Clegg and Cook - what they got in common?
     
    thomasevans, Jun 23, 2014
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