Alastair Cook on verge of quitting as England captain believing 'English game needs a little bit of a change' Cook has lost eight successive matches to Australia and is staring at the possibility of a second whitewash of the tour. "When you are a captain in Australia and you have lost in Australia for the past three and a half months it is not a great place to be," said Cook. I have got a job to do. I have to try and turn it around and win one of these games.