After scoring a marathon unbeaten double hundred at the MCG last winter in the fourth Ashes Test, Alastair Cook admitted that the innings was bittersweet, coming after England had lost the opening three matches with precious few runs from Cook himself. The game in Melbourne was a dead-rubber, the series already gone. "It's just a shame it's three-four weeks too late," Cook said during that match. "I'll have to live with that for a long time."
ENGLAND IN WEST INDIES, 2019
Root pleased with England's bouncebackability
England arrived to the party far too late, when the music had stopped and the booze had run dry © AFP
England could be forgiven for thinking similarly after a
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