Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakahe a Alastair Cook i te ECB mo te wa o tana tangohanga hei rangatira mo te ra kotahi, e kii ana ko nga raru o te Ipu o te Ao i muri mai i pakaru te maia o nga kaitakaro. Ko ngā tirohanga mārama a Cook ka whakapiki i te pēhanga ki te kaiako matua a Peter Moores me te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere a Paul Downton i te rā i panuitia ai te kapa Whakataetae ki te haerenga ki West Indies. I a ia e korero ana i Abu Dhabi, kei te whakarite ia ki te takaro mo te MCC, i kii a Cook ko nga hinganga a Ahitereiria me Niu Tireni i whakaatu ko te whakatau ki te patu i a ia, i te mutunga, he he. I whakakorehia a Alastair Cook hei rangatira mo Ingarangi i te marama o Tihema, i mua o te Ipu o te Ao Kirikiti. I whakakorea nga kaitakaro kirikiti o Ingarangi mai i te Ipu o te Ao i te waahanga roopu na Bangladesh. E whakapono ana a Cook kua kitea e te ECB i hē te whakakore i a ia hei rangatira i mua i te whakataetae. I kii a Cook ki te Daily Telegraph: 'Kaore e taea e au te korero mo nga mea i tupu i reira i roto i te hohonu, engari ka tautoko tonu koe i a koe ano, ana kua pai ahau ki te whai waahi i tangohia mai i ahau. 'I whakatau te kaiwhiwhi i taua whakatau nā te mea i whakaaro rātau ko te mea pai rawa atu mō te kirikiti o Ingarangi. Kua kitea pea e te tirohanga whakamuri i hē ratou, engari ināianei he tino māmā ki te kī atu.' Ka tapiritia e ia: 'E kore ahau e mea kua [whakakahoretia] katoa [te whakawhirinaki], engari he nui rawa atu. Me mahara koe he hōputu rerekē tēnei, ā, ka whiwhi koe i tētahi huringa, engari ko ngā kapa katoa e whakarōpūtia ana i raro i te kopare kirikiti Ingarihi kotahi, ā, kāore e taea e tātou te whakaaro he pōhēhēhē. 'Kei a mātou he mahi whakatika hei mahi, ā, ko te huarahi anake hei mahi i tērā, ko te tākaro i te kirikiti pai, me te tīmata ki te wikitōria. 'I hangaia e mātau taua nekehanga i muri i te Ashes i te 14 ki te 15 marama ki muri me te taha taitamariki, tae atu ki te hunga rite ki a Gary Ballance me Joe Root. I reira ko te take ite-pai e pā ana ki te kēmu Ingarihi i waenganui o Akuhata i muri i te kēmu Whakamātautau. Mai i taua wā, he uaua te haere. Me hanga anō e mātau.' E whakaaro ana a Cook (matau) me hanga anō e Ingarangi te āhuatanga ahuareka i muri i te angitu o te Whakamātautau ki a Inia. Ka ārahi a Cook (matau) i a Ingarangi i...
I nekehia atu a Alastair Cook hei rangatira mo Ingarangi i mua i te Ipu o te Ao. I hinga a Ingarangi i te whakataetae o te Ao i te wāhanga rōpū. E whakapono ana a Cook kua pakaru te whakawhirinaki o Ingarangi i te aitua o te whakataetae.