Could it be that Alastair Cook is a tricky co-pilot as a Test opener? | Tim de Lisle

Keaton Jennings is back for the sequel as the former captain’s opening partner against Pakistan on Friday, which may be a timely moment for a word in the Chef’s earFor the English cricket fan, May is supposed to bring balm. However badly they have wintered, England can usually be relied on to reassemble at Lord’s and win the first Test. Not this time: now is the spring of our discontent.Ed Smith, still settling into the driving seat, has already made a screeching U-turn. Out go