Alex Hales has tightened up his game from South Africa and learned about Test cricket. It's great when you see someone who… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It is frustrating when you go all that way, you train, and you just don't turn up. It does happen. If you… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
If you play 100-odd Test matches, there's going to be little periods when you don't score runs, and I've always managed to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The stats suggest that I'm not a dasher. It doesn't mean I can't play the shots, but when you find a method… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
That is one of the great things about Test cricket, the ball. Sometimes it swings conventionally, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it reverses. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
When I was made captain, one of my things was that whatever happens in those four years, you don't want to make major changes… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You're never as good as people say you are and you're never as bad as people say you are. You're always in the middle… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Without sounding arrogant, I achieved a lot more than I thought I would do. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I've got that ruthlessness inside me. All good captains have to be able to say things like that - with good man-management skills. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the world. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Self-belief is certainly an issue you need to make sure you look after when you've lost heavily in two games. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
