Perth,
\nAlastair Cook has \u201cno idea\u201d when he will be retiring and is completely focused on beating Australia in his 150th Test this week to keep the Ashes series alive, the former England captain said.<\/p>\n
Cook, England\u2019s most prolific Test run scorer, has made 62 runs in four innings as the tourists have gone 0-2 down in the five-match series and some former players-turned-pundits have suggested he might be about to call time on his career. \u201cI haven\u2019t made any decision on anything. All my focus is on this game, the biggest of our lives coming up,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n
Cook captained England on their last Ashes tour Down Under when spinner Graeme Swann retired mid-series with the tourists 0-3 down and headed for a 5-0 whitewash.<\/p>\n
Former Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson and England batsman Kevin Pietersen have suggested that Cook had the look of a man who might be ready to hang up his bat. \u201cFor the people who are saying that, they\u2019ve had no contact time with me,\u201d Cook, who will be 33 later this month, said. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t know the extra nets I\u2019ve been doing behind closed doors. I was with (my batting coach) yesterday for an hour-and-a-half in the morning, desperate to keep working on my game. That\u2019s probably not a guy who\u2019s given in. To be honest with you, I have no idea (when I\u2019ll retire). And I\u2019ve said that since I gave up the captaincy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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