Topic: Alastair Cook
England coach Andy Flower has hailed the progress of the side under one-day skipper Alastair Cook as they prepare for series against Test table-toppers and 50-over world champions India.Cook, not even in England's side when they suffered a 10-wicket World Cup quarter-final ...
Jade Dernbach held his nerve as England beat Sri Lanka by 16 runs in the fifth one-day international at Old Trafford to seal a 3-2 series win over the World Cup finalists on Saturday.Sri Lanka, chasing 269 for victory, finished on 252 ...
England captain Alastair Cook's unbeaten 95 completed his side's crushing 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at Trent Bridge here on Wednesday.England's win left the five-match series all square at 2-2 ahead of Saturday's Old Trafford finale.England, chasing ...
Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes a one-day series win against England is within his side's grasp at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.A six-wicket victory at Lord's on Sunday put the tourists 2-1 up with two matches to play."We are playing good cricket, ...
Cricket great Sir Garfield Sobers's belief in Alastair Cook's one-day ability was rewarded by the England batsman's century last weekend.Cook is now one of the world's leading Test openers, but there are doubts as to whether he can score quickly enough in ...
Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes a one-day series win against England is within his side's grasp after a six-wicket victory at Lord's put the tourists 2-1 up with two to play.Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten 105, the 21-year-old's second hundred in just six ...
Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten 105 saw Sri Lanka to a six-wicket victory in the third one-day international against England at Lord's here on Sunday as the tourists took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.Sri Lanka, chasing 247, finished on 249 for four.Chandimal ...
Alastair Cook, England's new one-day captain, has responded to being dubbed a "plodder" by ex-England skipper Michael Atherton by saying "it takes one to know one".Cook was England's star batsman during their Ashes triumph in Australia and was in the runs again ...
England one-day captain Alastair Cook said Monday he supported the mandatory use of the Umpire Decision Review System in all international matches.Cook's comments came on a day when India, previously adamantly opposed to DRS, softened its stance to allow the International Cricket ...
Alastair Cook made it two hundreds in as many Test innings and moved closer to the status of an England great during the series opener against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.But, rather than bask in his own achievements, the left-handed opener saluted ...