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Sky Cricket Podcast: Atherton, Botham and Hussain discuss England's Test series defeat to India

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England's run of seven Test matches in eight weeks ended with a chastening innings defeat to India as they slumped to a 4-0 series loss.

In the latest edition of the Sky Cricket podcast, which you can download here, former England captains Michael Atherton, Sir Ian Botham and Nasser Hussain look back on a series Alastair Cook's men will be keen to forget.

The England captain himself is a major point of discussion as speculation over whether he will continue in the role continues following a year in which he oversaw eight Test defeats.

The Sky Sports pundits debate whether Cook, after four years in charge of the Test side, will choose to stay on, whether he should and look at his captaincy over the five Tests in India.

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Joe Root is the likely replacement if Cook does step down and with an away Ashes series next winter, Atherton, Botham and Hussain consider when the right time to make the change would be to give the new man the best chance against Australia.

We will also hear from Cook and England assistant coach Paul Farbrace, with the pair talking about the lessons to be learnt from the series.

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