England head coach Peter Moores has repeated his support for captain Alastair Cook but admits he is not unsackable.
Cook is under increasing pressure after making another low score as England lost the sixth one-day international and the series to Sri Lanka.
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Alastair Cook fell lbw for one as England were all out for 202 in a 90-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the sixth ODI in Pallekele.
Kumar Sangakkara had earlier scored 112 – his 20th international ODI century and third against England – as his side set a challenging target of 292-7.
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Ian Botham considers Alastair Cook isn’t a “nailed down” conviction to captain England in the World Cup after head coach Peter Moores said the tourists’ series defeat to Sri Lanka will be subject to a complete review.
Cook is averaging under 18 in the series after scoring only one in the 90-run sixth ODI defeat which leaves England 4-2 down with only Tuesday’s final match of the series in the future.
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Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews insists England are still the team under pressure heading into Saturday’s sixth one-day international in Pallekele.
England cut the hosts’ lead in the seven-match series to 3-2 with the impressive five-wicket success in the exact same place on Thursday.
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Australia’s inadequacies in playing twist in Asian states will take time and effort to put right, in accordance with Cricket Australia high performance leader Pat Howard.
Captain Michael Clarke acknowledged his team hadn’t learned their lesson against twist after crashing to their sixth straight defeat in the subcontinent against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
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Gloucestershire completed their LV= County Championship season on a high and refused Kent the possibility of a possible fourth-set Division Two end when they cruised to an emphatic 244-run triumph with two sessions to spare in Canterbury.
The visitors blown off Kent for 203, mopping up their closing five wickets in the session for just 32 runs to inflict a sixth defeat to the injury-hit hosts and bank 19 points for his or her success.
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Adam Lyth scored his sixth hundred of the season as Yorkshire took a giant stride towards securing the LV= County Championship title on day one of their penultimate match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
The visitors chargred to a score of 319-4 on the first day of their Division One match against trophy rivals Nottinghamshire, with Whitby-born Lyth – fresh from scoring 251 against Lancashire last week – furthering his claim for a place in England’s Test side.
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