barbados was alastair cook's only test wicket.
barbados was alastair cook's only test wicket.
who is alastair cook's only test wicket?
barbados
cook went into the test series against india under pressure following the defeat to sri lanka. in the first test he scored just five runs. however, as the match edged towards a draw, he collected his maiden test wicket of ishant sharma when he was bowling medium pace. cook's poor form continued in the second test when he made scores of 10 and 22 as england lost the game to go 1–0 down in the series. on 27 july, in the third test against india at the rose bowl, cook scored 95 in the first innings which showed that he was getting back in form with confidence before getting out to ravindra jadeja. he then went on to score 70 not out in second innings before declaring as england won the match to level the series. although he only made 17 in the next match, his captaincy was praised as england won the game by an innings to take a 2–1 series lead. cook made 79 in the final match of the series, which england again won to seal the series 3–1. following the win, cook revealed he had considered his position as captain but was convinced by his wife to continue. after the first match of the odi series was rained off, cook made 19 in the second odi as england suffered a defeat. they went 2–0 down in the series after losing the next game, although cook batted well, making 44. he made just 9 in the next match as india clinched the series 3–0. following the defeat questions were asked over cook's role in the odi team. however, the team bounced back to win the final game of the series in convincing fashion, with cook making 46.
alastair cook
for the 2013 ashes series, root was named as the opening batsman to partner captain alastair cook after selectors decided to drop nick compton from the england squad. root was promoted to opening batsman for the first test and made scores of 30 and 5, and whilst bowling, took his 1st test wicket when he got ed cowan out in the second innings. root started the second test with a score of 6 which once again meant that he failed to make a score as an opener. however, in the second innings alastair cook did not enforce the follow on and root made 180 before england declared. in the australian final innings root was responsible for taking the wickets of usman khawaja and michael clarke when both batsmen were on 50 plus scores. root was named man of the match for his performance with the bat and the ball. the third test wasn't the best for joe as he was out for 8 in the first innings but managed to get 13* off 57 balls in the second innings before rain brought the match to an end meaning that england retained the ashes. england won the fourth test and won the series. in the fifth test root top scored in england's first innings as he hit 68 runs, however in england's second innings they were chasing a score the australians had set but joe only managed to get 11 runs. he finished the test series with 339 runs and 3 wickets.
joe root