Cook quits as England Test captain but will play further
Cook quits as England Test captain but will play further:
LONDON: Alastair Cook dinner resigned as England Check captain on Monday after a file 59 matches within the function, saying it was ‘a tragic day’ however the proper resolution for the crew.
Yorkshire batsman Joe Root is the firm favorite to take over with an announcement anticipated within the following fortnight, as England construct in the direction of the Ashes in Australia on the finish of the 12 months.
Cook dinner, England’s primary scorer in Exams with 11,057 runs, turned captain in August 2012 and led his nation to Ashes glory on house soil in 2013 and 2015 in addition to collection wins in India and South Africa.
“It’s been an enormous honor to be England captain and to guide the Check crew over the previous 5 years,” Cook dinner, 32, who intends to hold on enjoying Check cricket, mentioned in a press release. “Stepping down has been an incredibly difficult resolution. However, I do know that is the proper resolution for me and on the correct time for the crew.”
Cook dinner’s resolution to face down follows England’s Four-Zero collection defeat in India on the finish of final 12 months, which put stress on him to stop.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) mentioned a ‘correct course of’ had began to nominate a successor, with the crew not in Check motion once more till July.
Cook dinner, who additionally led England in a file 69 one-day internationals between 2010 and 2014, is the nation’s most capped Check skipper and has scored extra Check centuries than any earlier captain.
He was named Wisden Cricketer of the 12 months in 2012 and ICC (Worldwide Cricket Council) World Check Captain in 2013.
He tendered his resignation to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves on Sunday.
“It’s a tragic day personally in some ways. However I wish to thank everybody I’ve captained, all of the coaches and help workers and, in fact, the England supporters and the Barmy Military who observe us the house and away and have given us unwavering help,” Cook dinner added. “Taking part in for England actually is a privilege, and I hope to hold on as a Check participant, making a full contribution and serving to the following England captain and the crew nonetheless I can.”
England’s director of cricket Andrew Strauss mentioned Cook dinner had made an ‘incredible contribution’ and “deserves to be seen as certainly one of our nation’s nice captains”.
“We now transfer on with the method of appointing the proper successor,” Strauss mentioned. “There is a selection of established gamers who're enjoying formal or casual management roles and while we’ve rightly not spoken to anybody about to the Check captaincy up to now, we will now speak absolutely and brazenly inside the crew.
“We count on to have the ability to make an announcement earlier than the crew head to the West Indies on 22nd February.”
A classically elegant left-handed opening batsman, the square-jawed Cook dinner took the cost of the England Check crew following Strauss’s retirement from the sport in August 2012.
In his first tour as captain, he led England to a primary collection win in India in 28 years, hitting centuries within the first three Exams.
His first Ashes collection in 2013 resulted in triumph and after a harrowing 5-Zero whitewash in Australia in 2013-14, England regained the urn in 2015.
Cook dinner oversaw a historic collection win in South Africa in 2015-16 and final 12 months England got here inside one win in opposition to Pakistan of topping the ICC Check rankings.
He went 35 Check innings and not using a century between Could 2013 and March 2015. However, the milestones have continued to stack up.
He was the primary England batsman to succeed in 10,000 after which 11,000 Check runs and sits 10th within the all-time listing, Four,864 runs behind the file held by the good Sachin Tendulkar.
Cook dinner’s mentor Graham Gooch, the previous England captain, advised BBC Radio 5 Dwell he had tried to persuade the Essex man to remain within the function.
“Any such sportsman solely comes as soon as in an era, perhaps much less,” Gooch mentioned. “He’s an amazing man and he’s nonetheless bought nice I Cook quits as England Test captain but will play further
LONDON: Alastair Cook dinner resigned as England Check captain on Monday after a file 59 matches within the function, saying it was ‘a tragic day’ however the proper resolution for the crew.
Yorkshire batsman Joe Root is the firm favorite to take over with an announcement anticipated within the following fortnight, as England construct in the direction of the Ashes in Australia on the finish of the 12 months.
Cook dinner, England’s primary scorer in Exams with 11,057 runs, turned captain in August 2012 and led his nation to Ashes glory on house soil in 2013 and 2015 in addition to collection wins in India and South Africa.
“It’s been an enormous honor to be England captain and to guide the Check crew over the previous 5 years,” Cook dinner, 32, who intends to hold on enjoying Check cricket, mentioned in a press release. “Stepping down has been an incredibly difficult resolution. However, I do know that is the proper resolution for me and on the correct time for the crew.”
Cook dinner’s resolution to face down follows England’s Four-Zero collection defeat in India on the finish of final 12 months, which put stress on him to stop.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) mentioned a ‘correct course of’ had began to nominate a successor, with the crew not in Check motion once more till July.
Cook dinner, who additionally led England in a file 69 one-day internationals between 2010 and 2014, is the nation’s most capped Check skipper and has scored extra Check centuries than any earlier captain.
He was named Wisden Cricketer of the 12 months in 2012 and ICC (Worldwide Cricket Council) World Check Captain in 2013.
He tendered his resignation to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves on Sunday.
“It’s a tragic day personally in some ways. However I wish to thank everybody I’ve captained, all of the coaches and help workers and, in fact, the England supporters and the Barmy Military who observe us the house and away and have given us unwavering help,” Cook dinner added. “Taking part in for England actually is a privilege, and I hope to hold on as a Check participant, making a full contribution and serving to the following England captain and the crew nonetheless I can.”
England’s director of cricket Andrew Strauss mentioned Cook dinner had made an ‘incredible contribution’ and “deserves to be seen as certainly one of our nation’s nice captains”.
“We now transfer on with the method of appointing the proper successor,” Strauss mentioned. “There is a selection of established gamers who're enjoying formal or casual management roles and while we’ve rightly not spoken to anybody about to the Check captaincy up to now, we will now speak absolutely and brazenly inside the crew.
“We count on to have the ability to make an announcement earlier than the crew head to the West Indies on 22nd February.”
A classically elegant left-handed opening batsman, the square-jawed Cook dinner took the cost of the England Check crew following Strauss’s retirement from the sport in August 2012.
In his first tour as captain, he led England to a primary collection win in India in 28 years, hitting centuries within the first three Exams.
His first Ashes collection in 2013 resulted in triumph and after a harrowing 5-Zero whitewash in Australia in 2013-14, England regained the urn in 2015.
Cook dinner oversaw a historic collection win in South Africa in 2015-16 and final 12 months England got here inside one win in opposition to Pakistan of topping the ICC Check rankings.
He went 35 Check innings and not using a century between Could 2013 and March 2015. However, the milestones have continued to stack up.
He was the primary England batsman to succeed in 10,000 after which 11,000 Check runs and sits 10th within the all-time listing, Four,864 runs behind the file held by the good Sachin Tendulkar.
Cook dinner’s mentor Graham Gooch, the previous England captain, advised BBC Radio 5 Dwell he had tried to persuade the Essex man to remain within the function.
“Any such sportsman solely comes as soon as in an era, perhaps much less,” Gooch mentioned. “He’s an amazing man and he’s no ssues to do for his nation.”