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Alastair Cook ought to step down as England skipper, says Shane Warne who has described his captaincy in the series defeat by Sri Lanka as "horrific". England lost the second Check by 100 runs after Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews scored 160 the day before to build a commanding lead of 350. 
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 Warne has been a constant critic of Cook & the England captain recently called for a crackdown on "personal" assaults on his leadership. Former Australian spinner Warne said: "On Monday at Headingley I witnessed the worst day of captaincy I have ever seen at international level in  25 years in the game." Opener Cook made only 16 as England slumped to 57-5 on day of the second Check against Sri Lanka at Headingley, though they came within balls of securing a draw on Tuesday, thanks to Moeen Ali's unbeaten century. Former batsman Geoffrey Boycott said Cook's form was a "recipe for resignation". They said: "There are ways to go with Alastair 'Cooked' Cook. Everyone sticks their head in the sand & allows things to keep going as it is & hope they finds form with the bat & by a miracle discovers some tactical brains from somewhere. 
 Warne, the second highest Check wicket-taker of all time with 708 victims, blamed Cook, 29, in his column for the Every day Telegraph. "Two: they steps down from the captaincy to concentrate on his batting.: the most radical of all, they has a complete break away from the game. "Lots of people, including me, think it is time for him to step down as captain." They added: "He is not thinking straight. They is not there. They is confused. They does not know what to do &, because they is in a rut along with his form, it makes life a lot worse. You cannot captain a team in transition in that frame of mind." Warne stressed that his comments were not a personal assault on the Essex left-hander, or an try to undermine his authority. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpOl-F5Hg-u5ixgRIQHadPzAIII3u-6pYsXscrPZkUFU_3lDx-OTCuSbEuKiyKrsdD-sraPO_jjO3iVCJhkNUkxb_7cilj17d3bYRTmM6YoRtBy0_PJml17czdXQf8EhyphenhyphencFkZNM7w12A/s1600/_75877885_alastair_cook_getty1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpOl-F5Hg-u5ixgRIQHadPzAIII3u-6pYsXscrPZkUFU_3lDx-OTCuSbEuKiyKrsdD-sraPO_jjO3iVCJhkNUkxb_7cilj17d3bYRTmM6YoRtBy0_PJml17czdXQf8EhyphenhyphencFkZNM7w12A/s1600/_75877885_alastair_cook_getty1.jpg" width="640" /></a> They said: "This column is not a personal assault & never has been, Alastair. Mate, you require to improve tactically or England require anyone else in the job."

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Alastair Cook ought to step down as England skipper, says Shane Warne who has described his captaincy in the series defeat by Sri Lanka as ...