Alastair Cook

Last 10 tests (3 series)

16 innings, 570 runs @ 35 0x100 5x50 but none higher than 76.

Under pressure? We surely need more from our openers if we are playing just the 5 bats?

Or has he got FEC stamped on his arse?

Not sure where to throw my money. At his head probably. Doesn't have the propensity for scoring big Test match runs, got a working over from many a bowler. The 'only young' phrase keeps popping into my head, but he's played 35 Tests now. That's a lot. He's played everybody in a variety of conditions and still doesn't look comfortable. Fair play to what he's achieved in his young life, but with the likes of him and Bell in the side, it seems reasonably obvious why we don't win as many matches.

FEC????

No i dont think hes under pressure. Still young etc. Im happy to keep him, hes shown enough for me to put him on the plane for the winter. Needs to concentrate better though, like you say, not enough hundreds.

So Cook really is considered in some quarters to be Future England Captain material? Fark me. I would've thought his permanent eye-liner would've ruled him out.

skully wrote:So Cook really is considered in some quarters to be Future England Captain material? Fark me. I would've thought his permanent eye-liner would've ruled him out.

PMSL!

Clamson wrote:FEC????

No i dont think hes

Future England Captain

Brass Monkey wrote:but with the likes of him and Bell in the side, it seems reasonably obvious why we don't win as many matches.

Absolutely the crux of the matter.

skully wrote:So Cook really is considered in some quarters to be Future England Captain material? Fark me. I would've thought his permanent eye-liner would've ruled him out.

Phurt. After Brearley gave up the England captaincy, I distinctly remember Adam Ant being touted as his replacement.

JKLever wrote:
Absolutely the crux of the matter.

Probs. Good enough to maintain their position. Not good enough (in whatever way: technically/mentally and so on) to stamp their authority on Tests and actually change the result.

Has the fact that he appears to have had eye-liner tattooed on ever been discussed on here? Can't believe it hasn't.

Does he have any Asian blood in him?

FEC k the eyeliner

He needs a father figure to nurture him into durable purple. Lever - to work.

I like him. He just needs a wire or two tweaking. The centuries will return.

Not a great shot, but he either has absurdly dark skin lining his eyes or he uses make-up.

Isn't he just dark skinned? Obviously a bit of carib in the family somewhere along the line...

His mother was a wolf.