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Cook: Winter shows how quickly fortunes can change

Wednesday, April 02 2014 by SNTV
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    England captain Alastair Cook said on Tuesday (1st April) that England's poor performances this winter, show how quickly fortunes in Cricket can change.

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    SOUNDBITE: Alastair Cook, England cricket captain:

    "Yeah, it has been an incredibly tough winter. I've been privileged to play in a side where we've had a lot of success over the last five years. We had some tough times at the beginning but we became the number one side in the world, we won three Ashes, we won away in India - achievements that when you look back you can be very proud of that. Clearly this winter has been an incredibly tough winter, we haven't played well and things have come crashing down pretty quickly. It shows in sport how quickly it can change. Now we're kind of at the start of a new era. This whole winter has gone, I know it's only just finished, the dust hasn't quite settled on the Twenty20 (World Cup) but we have to now start to regroup. Obviously it's very important with a coach coming in, whoever that may be, me and the new coach and a number of the senior players have got a responsibility to drive this new England side forward."

    "As captain you are privy to some of the conversations. Obviously the board make the final decision, that's how it works. You need a very good relationship for a start. You obviously saw the relationship with Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss - they took a side which got bowled out for 51 in Jamaica to the best test team and one day team as well. You need a close working relationship, you need to know together and be very clear about how you see the side moving forward, what's important to you, the values, the culture, what's important to you together and then drive that forward with a good group of senior players."

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