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Article: Cricket: The clamour grows throughout the land: pick Cook now the proving ground. He was always going to be a part of the future, but now he is ahead of schedule
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2006
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Alastair Cook was English cricket's coming man. His 104 not out on
his Test debut in Nag-pur in March was confirmation in spades, but
random strands of evidence coming together last week suggest that the
21-year-old Essex left-hander may already have arrived - despite an
embarrassing early dismissal at Lord's on Friday.
In Chelmsford last Wednesday he was interviewed by three national
newspapers - including us, of course - one local paper, Radio Five
Live, Sky Sports and Esquire magazine. Writing in the Wisden
Cricketer, Nasser Hussain called for Cook's immediate inclusion in
the England team. "Pick him now," he said, so that Cook will be ready
for next winter's Ashes tour.
Essex are ...