'Applause for Cook moved everyone in the dressing room' – Paul Farbrace

After announcing his retirement from international cricket ahead of the final Test against India at The Oval, the left-hander played a crucial knock of 71 in the first innings and then weathered some fine bowling to see out the third day of the Test on Sunday, September 9.

The former captain was enjoying the outpouring of affection, Farbrace pointed out.

"It's driving him to bat as long as he possibly can. He's been pretty calm, but I would imagine that reception when he went out to bat moved him. It certainly moved everyone else in the dressing room. He just seems to cope with everything that is in front of him," he said.

"He is enjoying milking all the applause he is getting. He has just played really well. He has shown everything he is about so far in this game. It is about waiting for the right ball in the right place. He has looked organised and got stuck in. He looks like he is really enjoying the scrap."

England's next international venture is a full tour of Sri Lanka in November, where they will play five one-day internationals, three Twenty20 Internationals and three Tests.

Farbrace believes England will miss Cook and his characteristic calm on the tour. "Come Sri Lanka, there will be a lot of people looking around, realising he's not there and understanding what an impact he has had on the team. He's a very caring bloke. He'll be a huge miss," said Farbrace.

"As much as we will miss his runs and catches, we'll also miss the calming influence that he has amongst everybody. He manages to make everyone feel very welcome. He has the respect of everybody and everyone is comfortable talking to him. He's very down to earth."

Cook's opening partner, Keaton Jennings, has come in for criticism after a poor run this summer. Farbrace, though, didn't see two new faces at the top of the order and voiced support for the opening batsman.

"I would like to think he's done enough in difficult situations to be opening the batting come the first Test in Sri Lanka," he said. "I would like to think – and it's only a personal view – that the selectors will stick with him.

"The one thing that has been quite impressive is that you'd never know looking at him that he's actually not scored as many runs as he would have liked. Again today, he went out looking positive, his feet were moving nicely. He has tried exceptionally hard to get stuck in but, ultimately, as a player, you're judged on the amount of runs you scored. We can say from our point of view that he's played two important innings in this game to help us not lose early wickets and give us a chance of getting a score."

Ravindra Jadeja, who was left out of the India XI until the final Test, made a strong comeback at The Oval, following figures of 4/79 up with a resilient 156-ball 86*.

"Jadeja played magnificently well. I think he is an exceptional cricketer. I think we will probably be happy that he played just in this last game. He is a fantastic cricketer and he has shown it again today," said Farbrace. "He gets important wickets, he's brilliant in the field and he is a brilliant batter."