{"id":36301,"date":"2014-05-22T17:38:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/?p=36301"},"modified":"2014-05-23T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T02:23:48","slug":"englands-alastair-cook-says-summer-starts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/more-sports\/cricket\/englands-alastair-cook-says-summer-starts-now-36301.html","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Alastair Cook says &#8216;Summer starts now&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Alastair-Cook-England-ODI-Series.jpg\" alt=\"Alastair Cook England ODI Series\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Alastair-Cook-England-ODI-Series.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Alastair-Cook-England-ODI-Series-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Alastair-Cook-England-ODI-Series-584x330.jpg 584w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Alastair-Cook-England-ODI-Series-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"button-container\">\n<div class=\"button-align\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signup.dafabet.com\/en\/registration.html?trackingId=TRK397730414&#038;mediaId=MED982939458&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/join-now.png\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/view-market.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_fourth'><p><strong>Share this story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_google_plusone\" g:plusone:size=\"medium\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:url=\"https:\/\/www.dafabet.com\" pi:pinit:media=\"#\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=undefined\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdb\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/100-fdb-join-today.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Claim your Bonus<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\">Get 100% up to SGD100 Bonus on your First Deposit<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"three-fourth\">\n<h2>England captain Alastair Cook is adamant that &#8220;the summer starts now&#8221; as his men attempt to end their losing run of form in the first of their five-match one-day international series against Sri Lanka.<\/h2>\n<p>The tourists struck first blood of the summer on Tuesday as they lived up to their World Twenty20 champions billing with a nine-run win over England at The Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Eoin Morgan was captain of England&#8217;s T20 side in the absence of Stuart Broad who is working his way back from a knee injury, while Cook will take over the leadership on Thursday for the opening ODI, also at The Oval.<\/p>\n<p>England endured a nightmare winter as they suffered a 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia, before losing in the shorter formats, while an embarrassing defeat to the Netherlands put a seal on their early exit from the World Twenty20.<\/p>\n<p>And Cook is looking for a positive response on home soil as the new era under coach Peter Moores begins in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think getting going are the right words,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since Australia, it&#8217;s been a long time &#8211; and we just want to get out there and play some cricket, and start whatever&#8217;s going to happen, the journey of the next year or so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bit weird. You turn up and train with half the guys, because the others are resting from Twenty20.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Against Scotland [in a T20 last Friday], we put in a decent performance. But the summer starts now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cook added on Sky Sports: &#8220;No-one has a divine right to win any game of cricket. You have to earn that right. Sri Lanka are an incredibly dangerous side with some talented players. 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