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Jacob Bethell has been used as an impact sub by RCB in recent IPL matches, with Phil Salt unavailable due to injury. (BCCI/Creimas Photo)

Alastair Cook has a go at Kevin Pietersen for asking Jacob Bethell to play IPL

May 06, 2026 7:22 pm

Youngster has since played three matches without much success; latest spat another example of contrasting worldviews of two of England's greatest batters

Jos Buttler, Stuart Broad back Jacob Bethell in IPL after Alastair Cook criticism: ‘Times have changed’

April 30, 2026 6:42 pm

Jacob Bethell has been used as an impact sub by RCB in recent IPL matches, with Phil Salt unavailable due to injury.

Kevin Pietersen lashes out at Alastair Cook for asking Jacob Bethell to leave RCB and play county cricket

April 23, 2026 6:15 pm

Bethell, who was bought for Rs 2.6 crore in the IPL 2025 auction, is yet to get a start this season with RCB opting not to tinker with an in-form side.

India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of New Zealand's Matt Henry during the T20 World Cup cricket final match between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo)

‘Has he bowled a spell like 8/15?’: Alastair Cook questions Jasprit Bumrah’s match-winning spells in Test cricket after T20 World Cup win

March 12, 2026 6:33 pm

Jasprit Bumrah’s best bowling figures in Test cricket came in 2019, when he took 6/27 in Jamaica, which also included a hat-trick.

Cook had previously been critical of how McCullum and Stokes treated County cricket. (File Photo)

Alastair Cook expresses interest in joining England coaching staff: 'You need a variety of different people'

January 12, 2026 7:00 pm

Alastair Cook wrote in his column for The Times that he had never thought of going into coaching but is now thinking about it after Mike Atherton's piece for the paper.

England's Jamie Smith, left, is bowled by Australia's Scott Boland, right, during their Ashes cricket Test match at MCG on December 26. (AP Photo)

‘Absolute lottery’: Alastair Cook slams MCG pitch after England win Boxing Day Test match in 2 days against Australia

December 28, 2025 4:33 pm

Alastair Cook slammed the surface that was used for the 2025-26 Ashes Test, calling it ‘sub-standard’, citing how batters like Joe Root and Steve Smith had found it hard to bat on that surface.

'They drew India who then got thumped by South Africa': Alastair Cook slams McCullum and Stokes for 'massive disconnect' with County cricket

December 26, 2025 5:18 pm

Alastair Cook said that the current England management have stopped rewarding good performances in County cricket with a place in the Test squad.

England Australia ashes Stokes Jofra Archer

‘Some home truths are going to be said to players’: Alastair Cook reacts to England going 2-0 down in 2025-26 Ashes series

December 09, 2025 10:29 pm

Alastair Cook spoke about how angry Ben Stokes looked after losing the second Test match, adding that he cannot deliver for the side in pressure situations all the time.

Piers Morgan Alastair Cook weasel KP saga

Piers Morgan apologizes to Alastair Cook for calling him a weasel over Kevin Pietersen saga in 2014

October 07, 2025 5:50 pm

In a recent episode of the Stick To Cricket podcast, Morgan and Cook came face to face with the broadcaster apologising to the ex-player for being hostile towards him for all these years.

Michael Vaughan on rishabh Pant substitutions rule

Michael Vaughan wants flexible substitution rules, cites example of Rishabh Pant's injury in ENG series: 'All of the other sports have it'

September 03, 2025 11:16 pm

To put across his point, Vaughan used the example of Rishabh Pant's injury in the recant India vs England Test series where Pant had to bat with fracture while his replacement Dhruv Jurel could only replace him in wicket keeping duties.