Can Cook enjoy a late flowering like Gooch?

  1. Home
  2. Features

Derek Pringle looks at some of the options open to Alastair Cook in the England opener’s attempt to maintain his Test career

Run-machines: Graham Gooch forged a close relationship with Alastair Cook during his best years
PICTURE: Getty Images

Pride and the hunger for further achievement will decide how much longer Alastair Cook prolongs his Test career, that and how he copes with Pakistan’s left-arm pace bowlers, Mohammad Amir and Rahat Ali.
Cook has a mountain of credit with England to assure him of starting the summer against Pakistan, following a patchy 18 months. Wheth...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Exit mobile version