Under-fire Cook to reconsider England captaincy
January 20, 2014  09:24

AFP: England captain Alastair Cook has admitted for the first time that he will reconsider his leadership role after eight successive defeats to Australia.

 

The hosts emphatically beat England last night by seven wickets with 10 overs to spare to seal the one-day series 3-0 and leave two dead matches still to play.     

 

Coming on top of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash, Cook said he would review his position as skipper once the tour is over. "I think I am going to have to make a decision on that stuff after we take stock after the next two games," Cook told reporters.    

 

"We are going to have to sit down and talk about a lot of things. "I think there will be some changes, I think English cricket needs a little bit of a change as well."     

 

"Obviously in the last few months we haven't played the cricket we are capable of and we have to look at the reasons why but this is not really the time and place to discuss that."    

 

After the final Test in Sydney two weeks ago, the England and Wales Cricket Board backed Cook to remain as skipper and he strongly declared his own wish to remain in the job.

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