Cook averages 30.52 from 23 internationals, but the damning statistic, at a time when England are looking to be more aggressive in the powerplays, is a strike rate of only 68.15 runs per hundred balls. "I am never going to be Kevin Pietersen, hitting it out of the ground every ball, but if people saw the innings I played for Essex towards the end of the season, there were some big shots there at the right time and that gives me confidence to know I can do it. I can score runs quickly" Cook said. Although favourite to follow Strauss, Cook should remember the state of play in 2003, when Marcus Trescothick was the choice of both Nasser Hussain, the incumbent, and Duncan Fletcher, then the coach, to take charge. Full Article at Times Online