Legendary batter Alastair Cook feels present England Test captain Joe Root and interim coach Paul Collingwood are deluding themselves by speaking in regards to the positives within the crew’s current 0-1 away defeat to the West Indies within the three-match sequence.
Following two attracts, England — already reeling below the criticism of a 0-4 Ashes thrashing in Australia — misplaced the third and closing Test at St George’s, Grenada by 10 wickets with the vacationers scoring 204 and 120 within the two innings.
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Cook, a veteran of 161 Tests and almost 12,500 runs within the longest format of the sport, mentioned he was a “bit bored” of Root speaking about the positives after the series loss in the Caribbean.
While Root had said in the wake of the defeat that there were “many good things” for his facet, Collingwood — who changed Chris Silverwood as interim coach following the Ashes debacle — mentioned he was stunned folks have been questioning Root’s place as captain.
“I’m a bit tired of all of the optimistic chat as a result of I don’t suppose it was a way of actuality in that altering room,” Cook was quoted as saying by Dailymail.co.uk on Tuesday.
“I don’t know what’s being said behind closed doors but I’m struggling to see as many positives as they are. And is that slightly deluded? The word’s been put out there,” the previous England skipper opined.
Cook additionally felt that pace-bowling stalwarts, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad, who have been omitted from the Test sequence within the West Indies following the Ashes drubbing, deserved becoming Test send-offs, though he added that neither was taking a look at retirement but.
“They’re proper up there with the perfect bowlers ever to play the sport. Hopefully, they do get that probability, however inform that to Jimmy and he’ll say, ‘I’m not fascinated with retiring, I’m nonetheless taking part in till I’m 75’.
“He’s considering, ‘I want to get back in that Test side and prove they shouldn’t have left me out’. But when you’re speaking about deserving a send-off, in fact they deserve it. It makes it an fascinating summer season, doesn’t it?” mentioned Cook.
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