Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei a Alastair Cook tonu te tautoko katoa o tana kaiako, o ona hoa kapa me nga kaitono, kaore ano kia hinga i roto i nga Whakamatau e wha. Engari ko ōna tūmanako kia noho tonu ia hei rangatira o Ingarangi i te kapa Ashes i tēnei raumati e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā mea e tupu ana i te kāinga. Ko ngā whakaaro o te tumuaki o te ECB i kōwhiria a Colin Graves, te tumuaki whakahaere hou a Tom Harrison, me te tangata i meinga e rātau hei kaiwhakahaere o te kirikiti, he nui ake i te whakaaro o te tangata i te Karipiana. Ko ngā hawhe rau e toru i eke a Cook i roto i ana innings Whakamātautau e whā whakamutunga o te raumati whakamutunga he iti noa iho te utu inaianei i tana pakanga ki te whakamatau kei te noho tonu ia hei tangata pai mo te mahi e tata ana ki te wa nui. Kāore te rangatira o Ingarangi a Alastair Cook i te āwangawanga mō tana kore i eke ki te rau mai i te marama o Mei 2013. Ko Cook tonu te kaihanga rau tau o Ingarangi ahakoa tana ngoikoretanga i nga wa tata nei ki te eke i te rau tau. Kei te whakarite a Cook (matau, i te pikitia me Gary Ballance) me ona hoa kapa mo te Whakamatau Tuarua o Ingarangi. Ko te Whakamātautau tuarua e tīmata ana i konei ehara i te mea tika mo Cook, engari he hiahia ia ki te rere me te wikitoria i nga wa katoa i roto i te mahi kua kite ia i te tohu i nga rautau Whakamātautau nui atu i tetahi atu Ingarihi. Ko te whakatau a Graves rāua ko Harrison ki te whakawātea i a Paora Downton hei kaiwhakahaere whakahaere, me te whakapuaki kei te rapu rāua i tētahi <unk>supremo<unk> hou hei whakakapi i a ia, kua nui ake te pēhanga o Cook rāua ko Peter Moores i ngā wā katoa. I runga anō i te whakamāramatanga, kāore e taea e ngā mana hōu o te ECB te hari ki ngā whakataunga nui i mahia e Downton i roto i ngā marama e 14 e raru ana, ā, he torutoru noa iho ngā mea nui atu i te nekehanga ki te whakahoki mai i a Moores hei kaiako me te tautoko tonu a Cook. Kaore i taea e Ingarangi te mahi nui atu ki te wikitoria i Antigua i runga i te pitch mate atu i te pari o Monty Python engari ko to raatau kore ki te patu i nga West Indies i kaha ai nga Tohu e rua e toe ana. Ko Cook te mea kaha me te whakaaro nui mo te nuinga o taua Whakamatau tuatahi engari he rangatira ia e arahi ana ma te tauira me te pakaru noa i te rere e kite nei ia ia kaore he rau o te Whakamatau mo te 33 innings. He tino pouri te pānuitanga o ngā tatauranga mō Cook. I roto i te 21 o aua innings 33 kaore ia i eke ki te 25 me tana Whakamatau...
Kua 33 ngā whiringa whakamātautau a Alastair Cook, kāore anō kia eke ki te rau tau. Ko te 30-tau te pakeke kei te noho tonu hei kaihanga rau tau o Ingarangi ahakoa te whiu. Kei te mātakitaki a Cook i ngā ataata tawhito o ia anō hei ako i tana tikanga.