article_snippet: The most alarming development of another improbable week was Alastair Cook outburst in Abu Dhabi.
article_snippet: It was no coincidence that the most heartfelt press conference of Alastair Cook career took place beyond the grasp of the ECB (perhaps beginning the county season in the Middle East does have something to recommend the most heartfelt press conference of his career took place beyond the grasp of the ECB ( after all).
article_snippet: But Alastair Cook was unhappy.
article_snippet: More to the point, Alastair Cook hasn't got Alastair Cook head round Alastair Cook sacking as one-day captain.
article_snippet: Alastair Cook cri de coeur came not long after coach Peter Moores had assured us that Alastair Cook had dealt with the disappointment of being axed only weeks before the 2015 World Cup.
article_snippet: Thoughts returned to the days before that axing, when coach Peter Moores stressed coach Peter Moores support for Alastair Cook's leadership; once Cook's leadership was over, coach Peter Moores said it was 'the right thing to do'.
article_snippet: Yet Alastair Cook also needs to be frank with Alastair Cook.
article_snippet: The reason Alastair Cook shouldn't have been sacked so soon before a the 2015 World Cup was that Alastair Cook should have been sacked well in advance, and allowed to focus on what – until two years ago – Alastair Cook was good at: churning out Test runs.
article_snippet: Instead, Alastair Cook has now been critical not just of the decision to sack Alastair Cook, but also – by implication – of Eoin Morgan's leadership.
article_snippet: Alastair Cook was dismissed for three on day one of the champion county match in Abu Dhabi .
article_snippet: Alastair Cook trudges off the field in Abu Dhabi after falling for five following just three in the first innings .
article_snippet: then Cook's meltdown may not be the last.
highlights_snippet: Alastair Cook blasted England for sacking Alastair Cook as captain .
  