Alastair Cook: Ravi Bopara gives support for England captain England all-rounder Ravi Bopara has backed Alastair Cook to continue as the side's captain in both the Test and one-day format of the game. Following the 5-0 Ashes defeat and three successive ODI losses, Cook said he could resign as skipper of the limited-overs team. But Bopara said: "I would love for him to carry on and do both formats. I do believe that your best player should be your captain and I still believe that he is our best player. First Test: 13 & 65 Second Test: 3 & 1 Third Test: 72 & 0 Fourth Test: 27 & 51 Fifth Test: 7 & 7 First ODI: 4 Second ODI: 22 Third ODI: 35 Cook was left to consider his position after Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match one-day series. His own lack of form has compounded his misery as he scored just 246 runs in 10 innings during the Ashes, while has has been dismissed for four, 22 and 35 in the ODIs. England have now lost nine successive matches in various formats against Australia, with two more one-dayers and three Twenty20 matches remaining before they return home. "Previous to this Ashes tour, he had a very good record [as captain]," Bopara said of his Essex team-mate. Although the captain always gets the blame, I don't think that's right. Bopara himself has scored just 62 from three one-day innings in Australia, though he has taken two wickets and kept a tight economy rate of 3.93. He hasn't played a Test since July 2012, when he was dropped after a poor run of form against South Africa. But he added: "It is a team game. The team needs to perform for you to win. The other players see it the same way. He is one of our most experienced players. He knows what he is doing. It is just a tough time and he is the sort of guy who will turn it around. I think that this is good for him and he will come out of it a much better person.