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Alastair Cook (AFP)
Alastair Cook (AFP)

London - If Alastair Cook does not sort out his batting problems during the series against West Indies, the England captain's Test future looks rather bleak, former batsman Nasser Hussain has said.

Cook, who has not scored a Test century since May 2013 when he notched up 130 against New Zealand at Headingley, was out for 13 in England's second innings against the West Indies in Antigua after scoring 11 in the first.

The 30-year-old was axed as one-day captain ahead of this year's World Cup because of his poor form and having now gone 33 Test innings without a century, his place in the side is under scrutiny once again.

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