Posts Tagged ‘Alistair Cook’

Cautious Cook must change his ways


Posted on: September 18th, 2013 by Scott No Comments

Alistair Cook is relatively new to the England captaincy and came under fierce criticism at Headingley for his tactics in the second test against New Zealand. Cooks decision not to enforce the follow on and then the pace at which his side proceeded to bat at brought widespread confusion and almost lead to England drawing [...]



 

England vs. New Zealand: 1st Test Review


Posted on: September 18th, 2013 by Scott No Comments

A test match decided in four days normally indicates that one side have dominated the opposition and finished them off quickly. Well that was certainly not the case in the first test at Lords between England and New Zealand which proved to be an extremely close encounter.   Having won the toss and elected to [...]