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Cook Vs the WI quartet of the 80s
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Who hates Cook? See earlier post.
He just became incredibly overrated and the way people just assumed you can play 200 tests and score 15,000 test runs because you have a reasonable start to your career really exposes them as not understanding how hard top flight cricket is.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
There's only one person I remember flooding in tears in a cricket related thread in recent times, and it was you in the England vs. Bangladesh thread ftr.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
fredfertang
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I don't get why you find the early Cook fandom incredible tbh.
Cook might still break them, you know. No one in his right mind would have expected Cook to have all years in his career to be great really. I don't understand what your point is here tbh.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
The bloke equalled the English test record for centuries in as many games as Hammond, was the youngest player ever to 7,000 test runs, worldwide, and was the most instrumental player in two huge away series which England won for the first time in over two decades. Of course there was going to be hype.
Of course all that doesn't mean he's a cert to break Sachin's record, I don't think anyone ever really tried to argue that it was something that was definitely going to happen or even likely. But equally neither does the recent slump mean he won't go close. England play heaps of test matches, he opens so will average more innings per test than your average number 4, has never missed a test through injury, England have showed heaps of faith in him during major form slumps and he's shown a propensity to really fill his boots when he's in form and facing ****e bowling. You're seemingly apparent wallowing in his failures because it shows you were obviously right in thinking he wouldn't break Sachin's records, as if it's 100% impossible now because of a couple of poor years, is arguably no better than the people who suggested it could happen in the first place, as far as I care.
Of course all that doesn't mean he's a cert to break Sachin's record, I don't think anyone ever really tried to argue that it was something that was definitely going to happen or even likely. But equally neither does the recent slump mean he won't go close. England play heaps of test matches, he opens so will average more innings per test than your average number 4, has never missed a test through injury, England have showed heaps of faith in him during major form slumps and he's shown a propensity to really fill his boots when he's in form and facing ****e bowling. You're seemingly apparent wallowing in his failures because it shows you were obviously right in thinking he wouldn't break Sachin's records, as if it's 100% impossible now because of a couple of poor years, is arguably no better than the people who suggested it could happen in the first place, as far as I care.
Spark
Global Moderator
BBC Sport - James Anderson is best of all time - England captain Alastair Cook
Not exactly helping his cause here.
Not exactly helping his cause here.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
you are literally making stuff up here.
Shady Slim
International Coach
he's going to look village when g l o r i o u s j o h n s o n gets to the crease
seriously though if he is able to break the tendulkar record all credits to him, if he is going to do it though i feel he'd like to get it sooner rather than later just in case late career injuries affect his propensity to get the record
seriously though if he is able to break the tendulkar record all credits to him, if he is going to do it though i feel he'd like to get it sooner rather than later just in case late career injuries affect his propensity to get the record
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
What specifically then? You've brought up multiple times how you love to refer back to people thinking Cook could break Sachin's records.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Oh wow your nah **** comment was serious?
I was at the Rose Bowl when he got his 95, and when he was out I deadset felt bad for him despite him having played India. I think Cook is a good guy overall, and was a big defender of his when he copped a load of **** during the Ashes tour to England. I most definitely am not "wallowing in his failures", which is what is what i meant by you making stuff up.
I was at the Rose Bowl when he got his 95, and when he was out I deadset felt bad for him despite him having played India. I think Cook is a good guy overall, and was a big defender of his when he copped a load of **** during the Ashes tour to England. I most definitely am not "wallowing in his failures", which is what is what i meant by you making stuff up.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
All good, nah I want Cook to do well, which is why I specifically mentioned that him being so overrated was through "no fault of his own"
To get another 8000 runs and 27 tons (more than double what he already has) he's going to have to play a long time. Not sure how much "sooner" he can do it. He'll have to go to the very end.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Hahaha. I'm okay with that because he said "in my eyes". That's clear "captain pumping up his players" talk imo