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Cook: 'England's series draw disappointing'

Monday, May 04 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    England captain Alastair Cook reacts to the West Indies drawing the series at 1-1 after reaching a target of 192 to win the final Test in Barbados by five wickets.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Alastair Cook, England captain:

    "It's a disappointment, absolutely. At the beginning of the game, and after a day, halfway through the game, we'd put ourselves in an okay situation. Obviously our batting in the second innings, to only score 120... actually I think the first innings as well, we left some runs out there, which has hurt us hard in the fourth innings."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Alastair Cook, England captain:

    "If there is, there is. That's his right as chairman, to say what he wants. We said at the beginning of the tour, at the airport, that we're just focussing on the group of players that we've got there and trying to produce the goods. We did a lot of good things, we played a lot of good cricket, but when the pressure came in that third innings, with the bat, we couldn't withhold the West Indies. They bowled very well, there weren't too many poor shots, they bowled well. So we needed to get through that and set them a better total. But, as I say, it's frustrating because for quite a lot of the Test series we've always held the upper hand, we haven't been able to nail a real big advantage in any of the three games. I know we won the second game, but I still think we could have made it easier for ourselves then we actually did, and it cost us here."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Phil Simmons, West Indies coach:

    "I can't say about West Indies cricket in general but I know for the Test team it's been huge, because the guys have worked hard for the last four weeks and to have played so well in Antigua and Grenada and not come out with anything, I think you saw the determination in the guys, especially the bowlers, to come out of this with something, so it's huge for us."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Phil Simmons, West Indies coach:

    "That's the biggest thing that I can take from it - that everybody showed character. Because, for the bowlers to bowl under two and bowl out England for such a low score in the second innings, it's just massive character that is coming out..."

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