Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Alastair Cook ga-esi n'ụzọ ụfọdụ mechie mkpọtụ na-eme mkpọtụ nke na-ekpuchi cricket bekee ma lekwasị anya n'ihe ghọrọ otu n'ime usoro ule kachasị mkpa na ọrụ ya. Mmeri e meriri ndị West Indies n'agha atọ a ga-ebido ebe a n'ụbọchị Mọnde bụ ihe a na-agaghị eche n'echiche nye onye isi ndị England nke na-achọsi ike izere ịbụ onye mgbanwe ndị na-eme gburugburu ya dọpụrụ uche ya. Ọtụtụ ihe emeela, site n'ọnwụ Paul Downton, ruo n'ịkọ nkọ banyere onye nduzi ọhụrụ nke cricket na mmụọ nke Kevin Pietersen na-adị mgbe niile, na ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ na a naghị edebanye aha ule mbụ. Alastair Cook na netị tupu ule mbụ na West Indies nke usoro dị oke mkpa maka ọrụ ya. Cook na ndị otu ya na England na-akọrọ okwu ole na ole na omume tupu ule mbụ na Mọnde. West Indies (nwere ike): K Braithwaite, Smith, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Blackwood, Ramdin (onye isi na onye isi), Holder, Benn, Taylor, Roach. England (nwere ike): Cook (onyeisi), Trott, Ballance, Bell, Root, Stokes, Buttler (wkt), Jordan, Broad, Tredwell, Anderson. Ndị ọka ikpe: Steve Davis (Australia) na Billy Bowden (New Zealand). Onye na-ekpe ikpe na TV: Bruce Oxenford (Australia). Onye ọka ikpe: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe). TV na RADIO: LIVE Sky Sports 2 (site na 2.30pm) na BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (site na 2.45pm). O yikarịrị ka mmiri ga-ezo ụbọchị ise ahụ niile, ifufe ga-efekwa n'akụkụ ebe niile, nke ga-emetụta ịgba bọl ma mee ka ịgba azụ dị mkpa. 26 ° C. Mana Cook maara na ya na onye nkuzi Peter Moores enweghị ike imehie ihe n'ihe kwesịrị ịbụ ọrụ na-adịchaghị mkpa nke England na-eme atụmatụ na-enweghị isi nke ule 17 na ọnwa itoolu na-abịanụ. N'oge ọgbaghara na-adịchaghị Jimmy Anderson 100th Test ọdịdị na ya Ohere nke na-echebe ndị mmadụ anọ ọ chọrọ iji gafere Sir Ian Botham na-aghọ England si na-eduga Test wicket-taker ga-achịkwa ihe omume. N'otu aka ahụ, nlọghachi nke Jonathan Trott, onye yiri ka ọ ga-eso Cook mepe, ọnwa 18 mgbe ọ hapụsịrị njem njem Ashes nke England n'ọnọdụ ọgba aghara bụ mmepe dị mkpa nke nwere...
O ruola ụbọchị ole na ole ihe ndị a mere kemgbe ndị Ingland rutere n' Caribbean. N'agbanyeghi ịchụpụ Paul Downton, Cook na-elekwasị anya na usoro ule. England ga-ezute West Indies na nke mbụ n'ime ule atọ ha ga-agba malite na Mọnde. Pietersen gbara bọọlụ 170 maka Surrey megide Oxford MCCU. James Anderson ga-agba bọọlụ nke 100 na bọọlụ bọọlụ n'ụbọchị Mọnde. Jonathan Trott alọghachila n'ụgbọ egwuregwu bọọlụ mgbe asọmpi Ashes gachara.