article_snippet.sent: The England captain, without an international century for almost two years, failed for the second time in the first Test as Alastair Cook (13) both old failing against the full ball just outside off-stump was again exploited by West Indies.
article_snippet.sent: Cook simply cannot afford many more mistakes, with new ECB chairman Colin Graves demanding victory here over opposition in West Indies Cook condemned as ‘mediocre’ ahead of this trip.
article_snippet.sent: Cook returned to something like Cook best last year with three half-centuries in Cook last four Test innings against India but Cook woeful one-day form in Sri Lanka led England to jettisoning Cook as 50-over captain ahead of the World Cup.
article_snippet.sent: Cook arrived in the Caribbean still smarting from that blow but with a slightly altered technique and looked refreshed in scoring a warm-up hundred against St Kitts.
article_snippet.sent: Cook failed with the bat once again on day three of the first Test in Antigua .
article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook has now gone 61 combined Test and ODI innings without making a century.
article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook last ton for England came against New Zealand at Headingley in May 2013, 690 days ago.
article_snippet.sent: Captain Cook also fell cheaply as Captain Cook was out for 13 after edging a Taylor delivery into the slips .