article_snippet.sent: Cook, in contrast, has a technical issue.
article_snippet.sent: Cook is mentally one of the strongest cricketers England have ever produced, an incredible fighter and an incredible bloke who has such a burning desire to prove people wrong.
article_snippet.sent: But the ball is not a new phenomenon, especially to an opener brought up in England, and Cook has to score runs against the moving ball now if Jonathan Trott is going to prolong Jonathan Trott Test career.
article_snippet.sent: Cook has now gone 61 combined Test and ODI innings without making a century .
article_snippet.sent: If Cook can just sit in, be a bit more disciplined outside off stump and see off that new ball then the run-making opportunities will come.
article_snippet.sent: n’t score 8,423 Test runs without being able to play off the front foot.
highlights_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook hasn't scored an international century in two years .