article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook (right, pictured with Gary Ballance) and Gary Ballance team-mates are preparing for England's second Test .
article_snippet.sent: England could not have done much more to force victory in Antigua on a pitch deader than Monty Python’s parrot but parrot failure to beat West Indies has made the remaining two Tests vital.
article_snippet.sent: If England really do want a change at the top then England must come sooner rather than later, particularly if, as expected, England really do want a change at the top would bypass vice-captain Ian Bell and go straight to the man who now seems the heir apparent, Joe Root.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Root lays on the ground to check out the pitch while Alastair Cook (right) and Jos Buttler (centre) look on .
article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook (left), Moeen Ali (centre) and Adil Rashid (right) go for a gentle jog at the National Cricket Ground Stadium .
article_snippet.sent: That means England will consider bringing in leg-spinner Adil Rashid for Chris Jordan, while Moeen Ali looks certain to return in place of James Tredwell, who has been ‘struggling’ with a shoulder problem suffered in Antigua.
article_snippet.sent: The ‘big two’ of record-breaking Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad will both play despite a demanding first Test while Jonathan Trott, rightly, carries on as opener with Alastair Cook despite Alastair Cook two failures on Alastair Cook return to the side in Antigua.
article_snippet.sent: There is much promise in this England team, particularly in a middle order that will see one of Moeen, Jos Buttler or Ben Stokes batting as low as eight, but questions remain about the man at the top.
article_snippet.sent: It is up to Alastair Cook to answer much promise in this England team, particularly in a middle order that will see one of Moeen, Jos Buttler or Ben Stokes batting as low as eight.
article_snippet.sent: Cook warms up during the England nets session at the National Cricket Ground Stadium in St George .
article_snippet.sent: England players prepare for the second Test in the nets in Grenada .
highlights_snippet.sent: The 30-year-old remains England's leading century maker despite blip .
  