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alastair cook

Alastair Cook, leading an overseas tour for the first time in Bangladesh, in the absence of rested skipper Andrew Strauss, has come through with flying colours overseeing a 3-0 win in the One Day Internationals and 2-0 in the Test matches.

Like Stewart, Cook has led England from the front throughout the Bangladesh tour and his centuries in both Test matches have been an outstanding testament to his leadership qualities with the bat.

England arrived in Bangladesh where they were expected to win 3-0 and 2-0 respectively in the ODI and Test games and Cook has earned his stripes as stand in skipper, ensuring that his team delivered in the hard conditions of heat and flat wickets in Mirpur and Chittagong.

Cook is happy with the results ground out throughout the tour, but accepts that he still has much to learn in the form of captaincy. He said:

“I couldn’t have asked for anything more on the tour, we were expected to win 3-0 and 2-0 and we have. It’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of credit goes to Bangladesh for the way they’ve made us work, especially in the last 10 days, and it’s a very satisfying feeling.

But the captaincy had its moments. I now know how I need to get better as a captain, especially with my leadership in the dressing room. Areas like that that I need to work on. I couldn’t have asked for any more support from the players and coaches and I can now go back, speak to a few people and get the best out of myself as a captain.

There are a lot of things to improve. I didn’t really know what would happen as a captain so there were eye-openers, but they will have to stay private for me to develop as a captain.”