A captain's form determines the fortunes of a side - this statement holds true when it comes to Alastair Cook and Angelo Mathews. England and Sri Lanka's skippers have had contrasting fortunes in ...

ALASTAIR Cook ... Flower and Cook have known each other for a decade, first as players together at Essex, and then as England player and batting coach before now captain and head coach.

Naturally, Sir Alastair ... career, Cook gained a reputation as virtually unbeatable at the bleep test. He was simply too fit. Although he has retired from international duty now, his dedication ...

It's now 12 consecutive triumphs in India for Virat ... this time around - save for losing the first Test, which Sir Alastair Cook's tourists did in Ahmedabad as they were thumped by nine wickets ...