He continued with the same tactics for so long. No one could believe what they were seeing. Just look at how well Mathews handled and juggled his bowlers. The same goes for Clarke in Australia and the way he used Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Lyon. That is what good leaders do. The have a feel for the game, a tempo and an understanding of what needs to be done and how to get back into a game. There is no way at Headingley, in those conditions, that Sri Lanka’s seamers should outbowl England’s. You have to ask why that happened? It is not all Cook’s fault. The bowlers should have said at times, ‘please can I have two slips because I want to get Mathews out’. But they are so worried about their figures and not going for runs that they lost their aggressive edge. When I think back to Hussain, he started England’s aggressive approach. Vaughan took it on and they beat an Australian side at its best because they were aggressive, and here is a tip for free Alastair, if you are not sure what to do tactically, then take an aggressive approach, not a negative one and you will not be far away.