India vs England | Alastair Cook will be hugely missed in dressing room, believes Paul Farbrace
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace has stated that Alastair Cook will be missed in the English dressing room once the former skipper retires from international cricket. The assistant coach also mentioned that the last-wicket partnership during the Indian innings was frustrating for the hosts.
Cook is playing his last Test match at The Oval and the English team will certainly want himĀ toĀ do well in the last game of the series against the Indians. With an experience of 160 Tests, Cook adds a lot to the English team. With Cook scoring an impressive 71 in the first innings, the English coach hopes that Cook can end his final international game with a century.
āItād be fantastic, wouldnāt it, if he was to get to a hundred? Itād be absolutely brilliant. I think heās just enjoying milking all the applause heās getting. I think itās just driving him on to bat as long as he possibly can,ā Farbrace said during the press conference after Day 3.Ā
āAs much as weāre going to miss his runs and his catches, I think the calming influence he has among the team, the staff, everybody, is something weāll all miss when heās not in the
India added 32 runs in their last wicket partnership with Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah at the crease. Both of them troubled the English bowlers who found it difficult to break the stand. The Indians managed to reduce the first innings lead to 40 and making a comeback into the Indian Test side the all-rounder scored unbeaten 86 to consolidate the Indian innings.
āIt was very frustrating. There was a chance dropped before that last partnership got going but to be fair to Jadeja, he played magnificently well. I think heās an exceptional cricketer, a dangerous cricketer - with
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