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Cook hoping England can copy Ozs example for best way to `reconnect` with public

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Sydney, May 4 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook has said that he hopes his team can copy
their arch-rivals Australias example to set the best way to reconnect with the public.

Cook and his players were struck by the empathy and rapport their Ashes conquerors had with
supporters during Australias romp to an unexpected 5-0 whitewash of the tourists.

According to News.com.au, England is striving to make a clean break with their insular past as
the earliest days of the new era under head coach Peter Moores have been characterised by a
chorus to connect given a creeping perception that England perhaps sacrificed a broader appeal
in pursuit of victory.

However, Cook has made it clear he and his team-mates will not be above borrowing from their
Ashes rivals - or even the England rugby union team - to make sure they maximise their
potential.

It will be results rather than method which define the Cook and Moores era - and the captain
acknowledges they could do without an early stumbling block in Fridays opening assignment, a
one-day international against Scotland in Aberdeen, the report added. (ANI)

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