Once again Cook found himself omitted from the Twenty20 and one-day team both for the home series against South Africa as well as the majority of the away series in India , where a string of poor England performances saw him called up for the fifth and ultimately the final match after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai . When the Tests arrived , Cook continued to notch a half-century in one innings of each match , but was outshone by opening partner Strauss 's centuries
terrorist attacks in Mumbai
2008 Mumbai attacks
Alastair Cook