Sir Alistair Cook
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This time, you know, it's been done slightly differently, just as this era has been done differently, the fact that there hasn't been change.
And I think now, as pundits, and what we want to look at is have...
This group, this leadership group, the side, learnt lessons from what was a disappointing tour to Australia.
And if you learn those lessons as players, there'll be a lot of those players who didn't perform to their potential.
Why didn't they perform to their potential?
Only they will answer it.
The leadership need to answer why they didn't perform to their potential.
And then how can this side, as a test drive, which I think will be fairly similar...
Keezy, I find it quite strange because it's quite obvious, isn't it?
When that tour was announced, everyone was saying, you know, that preparation isn't long enough.
You're not playing amongst yourselves just for two days and then that was ready to go to Perth.
It was all like all the pundits were saying, well, it's all results driven.
If they get the result, then it's fine.
But if they don't, then clearly it hasn't worked.
Who actually signed that off and goes, that is absolutely fine.
Two days for the players against themselves is fine to walk out.
That's the only bit I get frustrated about.
Who actually is actually responsible for that decision?
Rob, it feels a bit unfair that I'm asking you more questions because you and I have dissected the ashes in Melbourne and again today at Lourdes.
One thing I think I thought of on the train back up north earlier on,