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Alastair Cook fails again as India turn screw on England captain at Lord’s Alastair Cook fails again as India turn screw on England captain at Lord’s
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The misery continued for Alastair Cook at Lord’s with another addition to his long run of batting failures on the second morning of the second Test.The misery continued for Alastair Cook at Lord’s with another addition to his long run of batting failures on the second morning of the second Test.
The England captain took his 100th Test catch to bring India’s first innings to a close for 295, but less than an hour later he edged Bhuvneshwar Kumar and his opposing skipper MS Dhoni took a good diving catch to his left. The England captain took his 100th Test catch to bring India’s first innings to a close for 295, but less than an hour later he edged Bhuvneshwar Kumar and his opposing skipper, MS Dhoni, took a good diving catch to his left.
His dismissal for 10 leaves him with 93 in six Test innings this summer, 107 in the eight he has played in 2014, and 602 in 26 innings since his last Test century – against New Zealand at Headingley last May – at a dispiriting average of just over 23. Cook’s dismissal for 10 leaves him with 93 runs in six Test innings this summer, 107 in the eight he has played in 2014, and 602 in 26 innings since his last Test century – against New Zealand at Headingley last May – at a dispiriting average of just over 23.
Cook has admitted himself that the pressure is building, and the clock ticking, on his place at the top of the England batting order. The latest failure prompted the former England opener Geoffrey Boycott to repeat his pre-match suggestion that Cook should stand down as captain and drop himself in an effort to rediscover his old batting form. Cook has admitted that the pressure is building, and the clock ticking, on his place at the top of the England batting order. The latest failure prompted the former England opener Geoffrey Boycott to repeat his pre-match suggestion that Cook should stand down as captain and drop himself in an effort to rediscover his old batting form.
“If he doesn’t make any runs in the second innings of this game he should leave himself out,” Boycott said on Test Match Special. “It’s not helping the team, and there’s no I in team. He should do it himself, say ‘I need to get away’. “If he doesn’t make any runs in the second innings of this game he should leave himself out,” Boycott said on Test Match Special. “It’s not helping the team, and there’s no I in team. He should do it himself, say: ‘I need to get away.’
“I hope he gets runs second innings, but even if he does he’ll still be under pressure going to Southampton. It’s gone on a long, long, long time.”“I hope he gets runs second innings, but even if he does he’ll still be under pressure going to Southampton. It’s gone on a long, long, long time.”