Sir Alastair Cook dinner says there was “zero contact” with England concerning a doable function on the teaching employees – however that he wish to work with the aspect at “some stage in my life”.
Sky Sports activities’ Michael Atherton wrote in The Occasions after which mentioned on the Sky Sports activities Cricket Podcast how the previous England captain could possibly be a very good match to work as assistant coach beneath present boss Brendon McCullum following the Ashes collection defeat.
Cook dinner, talking in his function as a pundit for TNT Sports activities, stated on Sunday throughout day one of many fifth Check in Sydney: “The one factor I’ll say about it’s the article wanted to be 800 phrases and Mike Atherton had accomplished 600 and used the ultimate 200 and threw one thing in.
“Look, at some stage in my life, would I like to be involved in the England cricket team? I think I would like to try and make a difference.
“I don’t know whether that is the next bit or whatever. At the moment there are people in jobs and all that kind of stuff. And there has been zero contact. Zero in it. Let’s just see.”
Cook dinner scored 12,472 runs in 161 Checks for England between 2006 and 2018 – solely Joe Root has extra runs for the nation – whereas he captained them in 59 matches, profitable 24, dropping 22 and drawing 13.
‘Cook dinner in contact with the sport however distanced sufficient’
Writing in The Occasions, Atherton had stated: “Alastair Cook dinner, if he could possibly be persuaded, can be an ideal candidate.
“Having retired from Test cricket in 2018, he is in touch with the game, but distanced enough to have seen it from beyond the boundary.
Cook dinner performed his last Check at The Kia Oval in 2018, in opposition to India
“He is one of England’s greatest cricketers. He knows what it takes to succeed, having scored 33 Test hundreds. He won the Ashes at home, as captain, and away as a player.
“He captained England to residence and away triumphs in India. He was equally good in opposition to tempo and spin.
“He made himself into a champion by dint of a Stakhanovite work ethic. He could probably still outrun most of the players now.
“If McCullum’s nice energy – and it’s a nice energy – is making his gamers really feel 10 ft tall, then Cook dinner may assist with the drive and the self-discipline.”
‘England have a bit of little bit of groupthink’
England misplaced the Ashes collection after simply 11 days of cricket following defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, earlier than profitable the Boxing Day Check on the MCG inside two days.
Their earlier red-ball collection earlier than dealing with Australia was a 2-2 residence draw with India in the summertime.
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Including to Sky Sports activities, Atherton stated of the present teaching set-up: “There is that little bit of groupthink and one-size-fits-all. It might just be time for that different kind of voice.
“I feel all of us agree that requirements have slipped in efficiency so somebody to drive a tradition and getting again to the requirements [could be the way to go].
“Two years ago, results were strong, performance was strong but that has slipped in the last 12 months so it cannot be ‘as you were, no change at all’.
“England have to consider how go get again to the place they had been.”
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