Its a bit of a shame but he's way passed his best now. Been sad to see him trudging off after recent low scores.
An absolute batting legend for England though.
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Its a bit of a shame but he's way passed his best now. Been sad to see him trudging off after recent low scores.
An absolute batting legend for England though.
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It's a shame as I do think he is still our best opener. This series has been a nightmare for any opener. However, for him it is probably for the best. He is certainly not the player he was.
He has been my favourite player for a long time.Remember watching him get 200 v Aus for Essex in 2005 and have followed his career closely.
My big worry is we will never get another Alistair Cook. Somebody who grinds down an attack and churns out runs.
England legend and for me our greatest ever batsman.
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I'm actually much more gutted than I thought I'd be. Time is clearly right since he doesn't look like his heart is in it any more, but the guy has been opening for England since before I started following cricket.
A genuine England legend. Top of the nation's run charts by a hilarious margin. He will be sorely missed
People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
Who has retired when their place has been under threat? We've been trying to replace Swann for years since he stepped down and we're still looking for Strauss' replacement, let alone now finding one for Cook
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We may have never found replacements, but that doesn't change the fact that they retired the moment their positions were under threat.
Dropping senior players just doesn't seem to happen anymore, either there's retirement, personal issues or some falling out.
Anyway. Alistair Cook, a legend of the game who despite the comment above saying he retired when his place was under threat, was out of form on many occasions with calls for his head before making a big score and then finding some form again. That hasn't quite happened over the last couple of years where a series of small scores would follow the big ones.
Shame for England who need to find a brand new top 3.
Most players feel like retiring at some point when they hit low periods and are the wrong side of 30, but many fight through it. In England it doesn't seem to happen. Look at our major footballers, exactly the same. Most retire in their early 30s. Tell me I'm wrong.
Gutted in all honesty but probably the correct decision. 160 games is ridiculous and it's no wonder he's got nothing left to give.
Would love it if he could get one last big score and overtake Sangakarra so he's in top 5. Needs 154 runs I think.
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I'm still waiting to hear which senior players have been dropped from the England team, instead they've just been able to coast along on mediocre performances and have retired once their averages were getting out of hand
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Swann retires just before average is above 30 and Collingwood retires just as averages is about to fall below 40 etc. Is this a coincidence?
comment by JustTrue - (Ronnie wins his 7th Masters Snooker Title) (U13155)
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People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
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It's the schedule though, I wouldn't judge it by years. Sachin played 200 tests in 24 years, Cook will have played 161 in 12 years.
Can't really blame him that's he's burnt out and can't give his best anymore, when's he's played that many games in such a short span of time.
Swann is the clear answer about a player that was under threat, I think Cook could've bowled better than Swann in that Ashes series and he retired mid way through just before his average exceeded 30.
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comment by JustTrue - (Ronnie wins his 7th Masters Snooker Title) (U13155)
posted 15 minutes ago
People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
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Cook has had more than one bad series. In the end, each player knows himself when it's time up, far better than any fan.
He's had a truly great career. All the best to him.
Welsh Xavi, good point about the amount of tests he played in a short space of time. But I genuinely think it was too early to retire. At the end of a series like this and a long summer, the way you feel is totally different to November, December or April, May.
Bad decision.
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It's a mindset we need to get rid of in this country. 33 is not very old. If Federer had this mindset, he would've retired in 2013-14. But here he is, playing in 2018 and was World Number 1 earlier this year.
If he had achieved everything in the game and won all the big trophies, I could still understand. But he hasn't.
Bad decision.
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Very good call.
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Its a bit of a shame but he's way passed his best now. Been sad to see him trudging off after recent low scores.
An absolute batting legend for England though.
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posted on 3/9/18
comment by palmers_spur - you have a woman's hand my lord (U8896)
posted 11 seconds ago
Its a bit of a shame but he's way passed his best now. Been sad to see him trudging off after recent low scores.
An absolute batting legend for England though.
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posted on 3/9/18
It's a shame as I do think he is still our best opener. This series has been a nightmare for any opener. However, for him it is probably for the best. He is certainly not the player he was.
He has been my favourite player for a long time.Remember watching him get 200 v Aus for Essex in 2005 and have followed his career closely.
My big worry is we will never get another Alistair Cook. Somebody who grinds down an attack and churns out runs.
England legend and for me our greatest ever batsman.
posted on 3/9/18
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posted on 3/9/18
I'm actually much more gutted than I thought I'd be. Time is clearly right since he doesn't look like his heart is in it any more, but the guy has been opening for England since before I started following cricket.
A genuine England legend. Top of the nation's run charts by a hilarious margin. He will be sorely missed
posted on 3/9/18
People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
posted on 3/9/18
Who has retired when their place has been under threat? We've been trying to replace Swann for years since he stepped down and we're still looking for Strauss' replacement, let alone now finding one for Cook
posted on 3/9/18
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posted on 3/9/18
We may have never found replacements, but that doesn't change the fact that they retired the moment their positions were under threat.
Dropping senior players just doesn't seem to happen anymore, either there's retirement, personal issues or some falling out.
posted on 3/9/18
Anyway. Alistair Cook, a legend of the game who despite the comment above saying he retired when his place was under threat, was out of form on many occasions with calls for his head before making a big score and then finding some form again. That hasn't quite happened over the last couple of years where a series of small scores would follow the big ones.
Shame for England who need to find a brand new top 3.
posted on 3/9/18
Most players feel like retiring at some point when they hit low periods and are the wrong side of 30, but many fight through it. In England it doesn't seem to happen. Look at our major footballers, exactly the same. Most retire in their early 30s. Tell me I'm wrong.
posted on 3/9/18
Gutted in all honesty but probably the correct decision. 160 games is ridiculous and it's no wonder he's got nothing left to give.
Would love it if he could get one last big score and overtake Sangakarra so he's in top 5. Needs 154 runs I think.
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posted on 3/9/18
I'm still waiting to hear which senior players have been dropped from the England team, instead they've just been able to coast along on mediocre performances and have retired once their averages were getting out of hand
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posted on 3/9/18
Swann retires just before average is above 30 and Collingwood retires just as averages is about to fall below 40 etc. Is this a coincidence?
posted on 3/9/18
comment by JustTrue - (Ronnie wins his 7th Masters Snooker Title) (U13155)
posted 11 minutes ago
People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
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It's the schedule though, I wouldn't judge it by years. Sachin played 200 tests in 24 years, Cook will have played 161 in 12 years.
Can't really blame him that's he's burnt out and can't give his best anymore, when's he's played that many games in such a short span of time.
posted on 3/9/18
Swann is the clear answer about a player that was under threat, I think Cook could've bowled better than Swann in that Ashes series and he retired mid way through just before his average exceeded 30.
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comment by JustTrue - (Ronnie wins his 7th Masters Snooker Title) (U13155)
posted 15 minutes ago
People will dislike what I say, but I'll say it anyway.
Everytime a senior player in England's team is under threat, they retire. Non seem to want to put it right, fight for their place, accept they might be dropped.
Yes, he had a bad series, but this is the player that was lauded to break all world records, Sachin's records.
Cook played International cricket for 12 years, Sachin did it for 24 years. Let that sink in.
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Cook has had more than one bad series. In the end, each player knows himself when it's time up, far better than any fan.
He's had a truly great career. All the best to him.
posted on 3/9/18
Welsh Xavi, good point about the amount of tests he played in a short space of time. But I genuinely think it was too early to retire. At the end of a series like this and a long summer, the way you feel is totally different to November, December or April, May.
Bad decision.
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posted on 3/9/18
It's a mindset we need to get rid of in this country. 33 is not very old. If Federer had this mindset, he would've retired in 2013-14. But here he is, playing in 2018 and was World Number 1 earlier this year.
If he had achieved everything in the game and won all the big trophies, I could still understand. But he hasn't.
Bad decision.
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