article_snippet.sent: The performance of Jimmy Anderson on the last morning of the second Test was one of the greatest I have seen from an England cricketer.
article_snippet.sent: England must be doing something right behind the scenes if one of their players can produce something like that almost out of nothing.
article_snippet.sent: England must remember that, having won a crucial toss, England had the best conditions against the eighth-ranked side in the world.
article_snippet.sent: There were times during the Ashes when it was very clear who was leading Australia on the field but not so obvious who was in charge of England.
article_snippet.sent: Arms were being waved everywhere and, if you did not know England captain Alastair Cook was the England captain, you would never have guessed it from watching you did not know
article_snippet.sent: Yet now Anderson looks completely in charge of this England team.
article_snippet.sent: Whether it is because Anderson has a young team or whether Anderson has simply said, ‘
article_snippet.sent: England captain Alastair Cook seems to be on top of the big two senior bowlers in Anderson and Stuart Broad, as was made clear in the first Test when England captain Alastair Cook had a little argument over fielding positions with Anderson and very much got England captain Alastair Cook own way.
article_snippet.sent: And it makes such a massive difference to the captain if the captain is scoring runs.
article_snippet.sent: OK, England captain Alastair Cook hasn’t scored that elusive century yet and the big test will come when England captain Alastair Cook faces the moving ball again but for now England captain Alastair Cook game looks in very good order again and England captain Alastair Cook is making very good half-centuries.
article_snippet.sent: You have to say that his game suits the way England play to be up against West Indies.
article_snippet.sent: England like to sit in, be patient and build pressure on a side.
article_snippet.sent: West Indies are perfect for that because West Indies are not coming at England in this series.
article_snippet.sent: Last summer, for instance, England captain Alastair Cook decision to spread the field when Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews was batting with the tail lost England the Headingley Test but here England captain Alastair Cook kept the field up to Denesh Ramdin in a similar situation and kept the pressure on.
article_snippet.sent: the Headingley Test, of course, will come when Brad Haddin is flailing the Headingley Test to all parts at some point Last summer and the wheels are coming off Anderson and Broad.
article_snippet.sent: That is when England captain Alastair Cook will need to show the same presence and leadership.
article_snippet.sent: For now there is a lot for England captain Alastair Cook and England to be pleased about, not least the batting of Joe Root and Gary Ballance who are breaking all sorts of records at such a young age.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jimmy Anderson's recent performance in the second Test was one of the greatest I've ever seen from an England cricketer .
  