Anyway back to Cook, any justifiable reasons why he is still being selected?
Because there is currently no one batter..
I watch extensive county cricket and trust me there is no opener better than cook currently, there are a couple with potential, Nick Gubbins, Joe Leach I like and potentially Rory Burns but if you're bringing them in it's not to open currently, the only one who may long term is Gubbins but Cook is still a better option currently (as opener, I really like Leach for 3)
He still averaged over 40 last year in tests, he has started this year slowly but still got two fifties.. as well as a big hundred for England A a couple of weeks back
In cricket you understand it's a game where one ball can make you look daft and there's no second chance, it's always better to give one more chance than one less.
You can't and shouldn't judge him on the two balls he's got this match or indeed over 5 test matches this year. He's still the best option to open the batting
You see the trouble we have had replacing Trott at 3, KP at 4 and to a lesser extent James Taylor at 5.. to throw Gubbins in opening with Jennings and then Malan at 3 is suicide
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