Alastair Cook: England must stamp out bad starts v New Zealand in Wellington
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- England must beware 'no fear' New Zealand in Auckland, says Paul Collingwood
- Second Test: Alastair Cook happy with England's performance in Wellington
- David Saker dismayed by slow pitches for England's Test series in New Zealand
- Stuart Broad delighted with England's bowlers on day three against New Zealand
- Debutant Bruce Martin thrilled to dismiss Kevin Pietersen in Wellington
- Day two best bits
- England must try to enforce second Test follow-on, says Angus Fraser
- Second Test: Matt Prior happy as England move into a strong position
- Nick Compton and Jonathan Trott impress on day one of second Test
- Second Test: Jonathan Trott delighted with improved performance
- England will win second Test against New Zealand, says Dominic Cork
- Shane Bond says New Zealand have new star in Neil Wagner
- Matt Prior says England's players are not worrying about Australia's crisis
Report
- NZ v England, 2nd Test: Match drawn after day five washout
- New Zealand v England, 2nd Test: Hosts dig in before rain comes
- Stuart Broad finds form as England make New Zealand follow on
- Second Test: Stuart Broad and James Anderson help England into strong position
- Second Test: Jonathan Trott and Nick Compton score centuries for England
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- Disappointment for England
- Museum Stand's future uncertain
- New Zealand hanging on
- Nick's video blog
- England firmly in control
- Prior - Great contribution from Finn
- NZ v England - 2nd Test - Day 2
- Compton and Trott punish New Zealand
- New Zealand v England - 2nd Test, Day 1
- A point to prove
- England in charge
- NZ v England - 2nd Test - Day 1
- McCullum hails 'genius' Cook
- Prior: No disruptions
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- 2nd Test, Day 4: NZ v Eng
- 2nd Test, Day 3: NZ v Eng
- 2nd Test, Day 2: NZ v Eng
- 2nd Test, Day 1: NZ v Eng
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Cook has also been praised by his opposite number Brendon McCullum who has described the England skipper as a "genius".
"I thought we bowled reasonably well to Cookie the other day, obviously he's a genius batsman," McCullum said.
"His record is testament to that - where he's at in his career at the moment is as good as anyone who has played the game probably, barring Bradman.
"He's enjoying the captaincy as well and leading from the front. We just have to bowl areas where we think we can dismiss him.
"If he's good enough to overcome that, then so be bit - and you move on to Plan B."
Cook has scored 24 centuries in 88 Tests at an average of 49.6, including four hundreds in the five Tests since becoming captain.{"count":2,"widgets":[{"name":"Additional Media 2","id":1,"type":"media","content":{"mediaTypeId":"11","imageDim":"null","mediaPosition":"2"}},{"name":"Live Test Cricket (88180249)","id":2,"type":"tvprogramme","content":{"participantId":"19","participantName":"Live Test Cricket (88180249)","paParticipantId":"88180249"}}]}
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