Cook satisfied with effort as England fall short


  • Cricket
  • Saturday, 18 Apr 2015

England's James Anderson celebrates with Alastair Cook after taking the wicket of West Indies' Denesh Ramdin which breaks the record for the most test wickets as an England player previously held by Sir Ian Botham Action Images via Reuters / Jason O'Brien

(Reuters) - England did everything possible to win the first test against West Indies which ended in a draw in Antigua on Friday, captain Alastair Cook said.

They failed to bowl the hosts out after reducing them to 162 for five at lunch, West indies' Jason Holder hitting an unbeaten 103 to leave England frustrated again after their dismal World Cup campaign.

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