Derek Pringle discusses the issues that former England captain Alastair Cook will have to confront as he returns to the county ranks

On the pull: Alastair Cook is looking to pile on the runs for Essex after his international retirement, and below, Graham Gooch
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There is a song, about returning American soldiers at the end of the Great War, whose title poses the question – “How you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm when they’ve seen Paree?”
The same query might be directed to Test cricketers of longstanding, returning to county cricke...