Should Alastair Cook consider giving up the captaincy or retiring?

[wiff]

Does anyone else get weirded out by how often Cook mentions 'the dressing room' ?

Yeah, it should be called a change room.

 

[nexxus]

Author obviously confused. Resign & retire? Surely not. They're not playing South Africa, and it's Steve Smith, not Graeme.

 

[91Jmay]

Nah, he is still a very good batsmen, who will score runs against most attacks in the world in most conditions. He struggles against this Aussie attack because they are really really good, and have executed really well. Despite that he still has like 4 fifties in 8 tests (I think its that I can't be arsed to look it up) so not like he has been completely terrible.

Captain he is pretty much there by default, but he also isn't terrible at it either. Lacks aggression sometimes but does a good enough job.

 

[Riggins]

Yes. He should consider if he wants to keep doing it, and if he doesn't then he should give it up. Don't really know how you could say anything else.

 

[ganeshran]

This is just one defeat. He should be given a run for the next 2 years at least.

 

[Captain_Cook]

Horrible captaincy by Cook in both innings at the MCG. His handling of Haddin in the first and the fielding horrorshow in the second make it difficult for me to support him as England captain.

I can't see anything changing when Sri Lanka and India tour in the summer. Cook may score a hundred or two due to the lack of disciplined seamers but the whole axis of the team seems like it could crash to the bottom of the test rankings.

 

[Shri]

I wouldn't worry about the India series if I were you.

 

[Spark]

If this lot can't beat SL and beat them easily then they should just give up tbh.