Cardiff: Alastair Cook numbers Graeme Swann as only a "so-called friend" after his former teammate's assertion that England would be better off without his captaincy at the World Cup.


Alastair Cook. Pic/Getty Images 

Cook's team put in a wretched performance with ball and then bat on the way to a 133-run defeat against India in Cardiff — after which he was at a loss to explain why they were "not at the races".