Soo koob maqaalka:  Alastair Cook wuxuu dhaafey halyeey kale oo ku wajahan inuu noqdo goolhayaha ugu sareeya England isagoo raadinaya abaalmarinta ugu muhiimsan ee lagu adkeynayo booskiisa kabtankooda Ashes. Markii Cook uu ku dhuftay Kemar Roach oo si buuxda u tuuray xadka marxaladaha hore ee jawaabtiisa West Indies <unk> 299 Arbacadii, wuxuu ka gudbay Alec Stewart oo galay kaalinta labaad ee ka mid ah xiddigaha ugu weyn ee Imtixaanka England. Hadda kaliya Graham Gooch, ninka Cook dib ugu soo laabtay horaantii sanadkan si uu isugu dayo inuu dib u soo celiyo garaacistiisa si buuxda u shaqeynaya, wuxuu ka sarreeyaa kabtanka England oo aad ugu dagaallamaya mustaqbalkiisa hogaaminta taxanahan. Alastair Cook ayaa ka gudbay Alec Stewart oo 8,463 rikoor ah si uu u noqdo rikoorka labaad ee ugu sarreeya ee England. Cook wuxuu daawaday West Indies labadii ciyaar ee ugu dambeeyay Devendra Bishoo iyo Shannon Gabriel oo ku daray 52 si aan u badnayn si loo baabi'iyo wax badan oo ka mid ah shaqada wanaagsan ee ay bixiso Stuart Broad. Waxay kor u qaadday martida dhibco ay ahayd inay ka sarreyso iyaga waxayna ka tagtay Cook iyo Jonathan Trott, oo labaduba cadaadis ku jiray kadib guuldarradii ay ka soo gaadheen Antigua, kalfadhigii ugu dambeeyay ee maalintii labaad si ay u bilaabaan fuulitaanka dhanka wadarta guud ee ku filan inay ku cadaadiyaan guul aan qiimo lahayn. Trott waxa uu ahaa mid aad u xamaasad badan markii uu ku soo laabtay kooxda Antigua laakiin halkan wuxuu ahaa mid aad u badan sida isaga qudhiisa hore, isagoo xoqaya foorarka iyo si taxaddar leh labadaba ka saarida pads iyo wadista. wax walbo oo yar, gaar ahaan Gabriel, ayaa si deg deg ah looga saaray. Cook, wuxuu u muuqday mid ku qanacsan mawqifkiisa cusub inkastoo uu si sahlan ugu dhici lahaa 29-ka lug-wareegaha Bishoo. Markii ay ciyaarta joojisay iftiinka xun waxay gaareen 74 waxaana laga yaabaa in England ay dib ugu soo laabatay hogaanka. Mid ka mid ah ragga sida xaqiiqada ah dib u eegay qaab ciyaareedkiisii ugu fiicnaa wuxuu ahaa Broad, kaas oo kubbad ka dheereeyay 90mph markii ugu horreysay tan iyo markii uu ka soo laabtay qalliinka isagoo dalbaday seddex wicitaan 19 markii roobku ugu dambeyntii daayay. Horay, dadweynihii ka soo qaybgalay kaliya tijaabadii saddexaad ee lagu qabtay jasiiradda Spice, oo ay ku jireen kumanaan taageerayaasha England ah, waxay ku qasbanaadeen inay muujiyaan dulqaad aad u daran maadaama cricketku mar kale isku ceebeeyay...
Ciyaaryahanka England ee Stuart Broad ayaa dib ugu soo laabtay qaab ciyaareedkiisii ugu fiicnaa isagoo afar gool dhaliyay. Ciyaartoyda ugu horeysa ee ciyaarta ayaa kala ah Alastair Cook iyo Jonathan Trott. Dalxiisayaashu waxay ku soo gabagabeeyeen 74-0 iyaga oo ka jawaabaya 299 innings ee West Indies.