article_snippet: Alastair Cook has slammed the ECB for the timing of Alastair Cook dismissal as one-day captain, claiming World Cup shambles which followed has shattered England's confidence.
article_snippet: Alastair Cook's forthright views increase the pressure on head coach Peter Moores and managing director Paul Downton on the day the Test squad to tour West Indies was announced.
article_snippet: Speaking in Abu Dhabi, where he is preparing to play for the MCC, Alastair Cook said defeats by Australia and New Zealand proved that the decision to axe he was, with hindsight, incorrect.
article_snippet: Alastair Cook was removed as England one-day captain in December, before World Cup World Cup .
article_snippet: Alastair Cook believes hindsight has proved the ECB the ECB wrong to remove Alastair Cook as captain before World Cup .
article_snippet: Alastair Cook told The Daily Telegraph: 'I can't speak about what's gone on there in depth, but you always back yourself, and I would have loved to have had the opportunity that was taken away from Alastair Cook. '
article_snippet: The selectors made the decision to axe him because The selectors thought the decision to axe him was the best for English cricket.
article_snippet: Hindsight has probably proved The selectors wrong, but now it's very easy to say that.'
article_snippet: Cook (right) will lead England in three tests in the West Indies in April, before New Zealand visit in May .
article_snippet: Cook (right) feels the ECB have highlighted the perils of changing captain so close to an international tournament .
article_snippet: Cook (right) would have loved the opportunity to complete a challenge Cook (right) was set when named Andrew Strauss' successor as ODI captain after the previous World Cup in 2011. '
article_snippet: Cook (right) was struggling for runs in one-day cricket when the ECB ECB decided to remove Cook (right) as captain .
article_snippet: Cook (right) believes that England would have made England out of their group at a World Cup if Cook (right) had been there . '
highlights_snippet: Alastair Cook was removed as England one-day captain before World Cup .
  
highlights_snippet: Alastair Cook believes the tournament disaster has shattered England's confidence .