Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ehara a Alastair Cook i te momo tangata e horoi ana i ana kakahu paru i te aroaro o te iwi, nō reira, he mea whakamiharo te whakatakoto a te rangatira o te kapa Whakamātautau o Ingarangi i tētahi whakaekenga mārire i te Rāhoroi ki te whakahaere i peia ai ia i mua i te Ipu o te Ao. Ko nga kupu a Cook i Abu Dhabi, i reira ka takaro ia mo te MCC ki a Yorkshire i te Ratapu, ka tukuna nga ngaru ohorere i roto i te roopu rangatira o Ingarangi e hiahia ana ki te kohi i nga waahanga mai i a raatau Ipu o te Ao kino ka haere ratou ki te Caribbean i te marama e whai ake nei. Ehara i te mea iti rawa, ka pa ki a ratou te kaiako o raro i te pehanga a Peter Moores, nana i tohe i Ahitereiria ko Cook 'i runga' i tana korenga o te Ipu o te Ao engari me whakaaro inaianei mena kua kino tona hononga ki tana rangatira Whakamatau. Ko Alastair Cook te rangatira o mua o Ingarangi i te ra kotahi i nekehia atu i tana tūranga i te marama o Tihema o te tau kua hipa. I whakamanahia e Ingarangi tētahi pakanga Whakataetae o te Ao i whakamāramatia, ā, i whakakorea i te wāhanga rōpū. Ngā kaiwhawhai:. (Player, Age, Tests, County) Ko Alastair Cook, 30, 109, Essex. Ko Jonny Bairstow, 25, 14, nō Yorkshire. Ko Gary Ballance, 25, 8, nō Yorkshire. Ko Ian Bell, 32, 105, nō Warwickshire. Ko Jos Buttler, 24, 3, nō Lancashire. Ko Adam Lyth, 27, 0, nō Yorkshire. Ko Joe Root, 24, 22, nō Yorkshire. Ko Jonathan Trott, 33, 49, nō Warwickshire. Ngā kaitākaro katoa:. Ko Adil Rashid, 27, 0, nō Yorkshire. Ko Ben Stokes, 23, 6, nō Durham. Ngā kaitākaro:. Ko James Anderson, 32, 99, nō Lancashire. Ko Stuart Broad, 28, 74, nō Nottinghamshire. Ko Chris Jordan, 26, e rima tau, no Sussex. Ko Liam Plunkett, 29, 13, nō Yorkshire. Ko James Tredwell, 33, 1, nō Kent. Ko Mark Wood, 25, 0 nō Durham. Kaore a Cook i ngana ki te huna i te mamae i pa ki a ia i tana kainga i tana pāmu i Buckinghamshire i te wa i tino kino ai a Ingarangi i raro i tana whakakapi a Eoin Morgan kaore i taea e ratou te hanga i nga waru whakamutunga. 'Ki taku whakaaro i kite koe i Ahitereiria i nga morearea o te whakatau i tetahi whakatau nui i te wa e tata ana ki te whakataetae,' i kii a Cook mo tana wehenga i te taha o te Ipu o te Ao. 'E kore ahau e mohio he aha te mea i runga i reira, a taea anake e ahau te korero i te mātakitaki i te iti bit i tawhiti, engari i titiro rite i te mau tamaroa i te pupuhi-whakamataku i te kēmu tuatahi e rua. Koinei te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te kaiārahi tūturu ki te...
I whakakorehia a Alastair Cook hei rangatira mo Ingarangi kotahi ra i te marama o Tihema. I hinga a Ingarangi ki te tukinga whakamā i te wāhanga rōpū i te Ipu o te Ao. E whakapono ana a Cook kua pakaru te whakawhirinaki o te taha na te mea.