the guard of honour tested alistair cook's flexibility at an assembly organised by the chance to shinenumental innings but enjoyed a dozen disappointing ones, as england failed to win any of their seven tests. england aren't going to drop you, though? no, there could be an entitlement to if i don't score runs because the job at the top of the order is to score runs and this winter, for whatever reason, i haven't managed to score in the runs i'd like. you know, i've always had to work hard for my runs. i'll continue due that. do i want to continue? yes, i do. of course i do. you know, as i was saying, i will miss it when it's not there. any questions at the assembly? this one — what did you think when the australians were cheating? what did you think about when the australians cheated? is this on camera now? laughter. good question! recent weeks have soured the soul of australian cricket, ball tampering sandpaper scandal, players banned, their captain, former captain, in tears. do you think the culture of cricket is going to change after what happened with the whole sandpaper affair? th