The allegations were made by Australia&rsquo;s Channel Nine television on Wednesday, with England batsman Kevin Pietersen said to be one of the players under suspicion. <img alt="Alastair Cook" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Alastair-Cook1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 654px;" /> Alastair Cook &ldquo;When you get called a cheat I think you quite rightly want to clear your name pretty quickly when you haven&rsquo;t done anything wrong,&rdquo; Cook said Thursday. The opening batsman added: &ldquo;Players have been putting tape on their bats for years. I just think the actual story is a load of rubbish in terms of why people are putting tape on their bats. Fibreglass tape on their bats, that&rsquo;s been going on for years. That&rsquo;s just to protect the bat to make it last longer. I think that whole story we have to rubbish it because it is rubbish.&rdquo;u00a0

ECB seek apology over DRS claims

England captain Alastair Cook said a report claiming players in the ongoing Ashes were using silicone tape on their bats to avoid nicks being detected by "Hot Spot" technology was "rubbish".

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