The Ashes 2013-14: Alastair Cook says England can get back on track Yeah, I do want him to carry on. He's an outstanding coach. Let's make no mistake about it," said Cook. He's an outstanding person, and a great person to have around, especially for me as a captain especially the advice he gives me. Whether he will carry on and wants to carry on, you'l have to ask him. It's not down to him that we've lost, it's that we haven't had enough players in form. Flower is on a rolling contract with the England & Wales Cricket Board and has never publicly talked about his future, even after notable successes, so it was no surprise to hear him tell Sky he has not thought about his next move. "We've got two Test matches left in the series and I am absolutely hungry to do well in those games That is as far as I'm looking at the minute," he said. Cook admitted he was at his lowest ebb after a third successive defeat to Australia which has left him facing calls for changes to a team which has remained pretty similar in recent years. There are always going to be theories and inquests when you lose. The simple fact of the matter is we haven't had enough players in form with either bat or ball," said Cook. That is the simple fact. You can't put it any more honest than that. It hurts like hell when you come into a contest and end up being second best. As a sportsman to admit that is quite hard. He was asked if the three results in this series are a sign of his team being on a downward spiral and agreed before backtracking. The last three results suggest that. You deal in facts, and we lost three games. You only have to look at the Australian side - there are a few guys the back end of 30 who are delivering success for Australia. I wouldn't necessarily say that [downward spiral]. But when we needed people to be in form and play well, we haven't done that, and that's why we've lost. Australia have successfully targeted the senior players England have relied on for leadership in the past with bat and ball, none more so than Cook, who averages 25.66 in the series after his second innings golden duck. "It's a tough place my batting at the moment," he said. I'm putting the work in, but not getting the results. You can see the feet aren't always going in the right place. I've had a couple of very good balls as well, which doesn't help. And when I have got in, I haven't gone on to a big score. The challenge of being a captain is to deal with it. I can honestly say that when I go out as a batter, I'm thinking like a batter.