Alastair Cook's Ashes Countdown: favourite Ashes anecdote
Tuesday 7 July 2015 10:21, UK
Alastair Cook will lead England into Ashes battle at Cardiff aiming to regain the urn he lifted in 2013.
Ahead of the first Investec Test, coverage of which begins at 10am this Wednesday on Sky Sports Ashes, the England captain ran us through his own daily countdown.
With just one day to go, Cook recollects his favourite Ashes anecdote starring one of England's batsmen and an ice bath!
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