'There are huge talents in that dressing room and I hope to be still part of it and be able to lead in a slightly different way. I'm still excited by that.'
'But I suppose that's why I can be quite proud... Going to the well again and delivering a performance like that was pleasing.'
Former England captain Cook, 34, who retired from international cricket this year, was his country's most-capped Test player and record test run scorer.
England captain Alastair Cook says his side accepts their role as favourites as they chase a fourth consecutive Ashes series victory over Australia for the first time in over 100 years.
England opener Alastair Cook has hinted that the upcoming five-match Test series against India could be his last one as captain.
England may have dominated India in the just-concluded series but ODI skipper Alastair Cook warns that the real test would be when they play Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men in their backyard next month.
Michael Vaughan has slammed England captain Alastair Cook's "poor tactics" in the ongoing Lord's Test against India and called for the ECB to consider taking the captaincy away from him.
Alastair Cook moved within one Test century of his mentor Graham Gooch on Thursday and said it was the former captain who has made England's batsmen greedy for 'daddy hundreds'.
Skipper Alastair Cook continued to torment India with yet another gritty batting display while Kevin Pietersen returned to form with an unbeaten half-century to give England a slight advantage in the second cricket Test in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Indian cricket team's nightmarish tour of England showed no signs of getting better as the injury-hit side went down by seven wickets in a rain-curtailed second One-dayer in Southampton.
Alastair Cook stepped down from his role after 59 Tests as England Test captain followed his team's disappointing showing in India recently.
Alastair Cook (182 not out off 339 balls) posted his best knock against India, surpassing the 104 not out at Nagpur in 2005-06.
Captain Alastair Cook registered his third successive hundred of the series as England ended Day 2 in the third Test against India on were 216 for 1 after the home side was dismissed for 316.
England enjoyed a valuable day of batting practice before the third Ashes Test in their drawn tour match against Western Australia on Sunday.
Joe Root and Harry Brook's centuries powered England's strong reply on Day 3 of the first Test in Multan.
# Alastair Cook's knock of 95 is his first innings in the nervous nineties as Test captain -- his sixth in Tests.
The two players will join England's injury-hit touring party ahead of the first Test against India.
England batsmen Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook expressed happiness on winning the Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year awards respectively, at the annual ICC awards ceremony held in London earlier this week.
England opener Alastair Cook believes that coach Andy Flower should take the credit for making him a world class cricketer.
'When you're not scoring runs, there's a build-up of pressure and momentum from certain bowlers on you, so I'd let Dan Lawrence have a go.'
Alastair Cook led from the front to inspire an England comeback on Day Four of the opening Test against India in Motera on Sunday.
India's accusation that paceman Jimmy Anderson "abused and pushed" spinner Ravindra Jadeja during the first drawn Test at Trent Bridge may be a tactical move by the tourists, England skipper Alastair Cook said on Wednesday.
Michael Vaughan scored 87 and Alastair Cook 81 to help England to 258 for five at stumps on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
One of the very few batsmen to emerge with his head held high in the big defeat to India in the first Test, England skipper Alastair Cook on Monday said it was time for all the team members to chip in.
Skipper Alastair Cook compiled a patient, unbeaten century to lead England's fightback. The visitors amassed 286 for 4 in their first innings in reply to India A's 369 on Day 2 of the three-day tour game, at the Brabourne stadium, in Mumbai, on Wednesday.
A century by Cook helped England claw their way to 265 for five against Australia in the third Test.
England made the right decision to end Kevin Pietersen's international career when the batsman was axed in February, the country's test captain Alastair Cook was quoted as saying by British media on Tuesday.
The Kiwi star showered praise on Root for the phenomenal display he has produced on the crease. He admitted that he is a fan of the Englishman and the other two members of the 'Fab Four', Virat Kohli and Steven Smith.
Alastair Cook has been dropped from the England squad for next year's 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with Eoin Morgan taking over as captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Saturday.
Former England captain Alastair Cook revealed in his autobiography that Australia opening batsman David Warner once told him about using the strapping on the hand to accelerate deterioration of the ball during a first-class match.
Factbox on opening batsman Alastair Cook, who stepped down as England Test captain on Monday.
Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made composed fifties to guide England to a comfortable five-wicket win over West Indies in the first Test at Lord's in London.
England have put up a very domineering performance against India so far, but skipper Alastair Cook refuses to label his team "favourite" in the One-day series, which gets underway on Saturday, at the Riverside ground, in Chester-Le-Street.
England have put up a very domineering performance against India so far, but skipper Alastair Cook refuses to label his team "favourite" in the One-day series, which gets underway on Saturday, at the Riverside ground, in Chester-Le-Street.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has called on Alastair Cook to step down and hand over captaincy to Joe Root if the left-handed opener feels he's taking the job for granted. Before coming on the tour of India, Cook had admitted he did not know how long he would remain in the job, suggesting it could be as little as two months. However, he played down that speculation of stepping down as skipper post the ongoing Test series against India before the start of the first Test itself.
England, replying to South Africa's 291, were 241 for seven at close on the second day of the third Test thanks to battling innings by Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and Matt Prior.
Alastair Cook cracked an unbeaten century to lead England to a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second test on Wednesday as the tourists wrapped up a 2-0 series win.
Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell combined to put England in control on 386 for five at stumps on the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban on Monday.
India face an embarrassing defeat after Alastair Cook's fairytale farewell knock and Joe Root's classy hundred enabled England to pile more misery on the visitors on Monday, the penultimate day of the fifth Test.
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