Cook also had a test run as CEO in 2009 and then again in 2011 when Jobs was managing his health situation.
Test opener Alastair Cook went in with Matt Prior at the top of the order as planned, but only managed 15 off 16 balls.
The Edgbaston crowd were finally given something to celebrate in the second over after lunch when Cook brought up his 13th Test fifty with a neat flick off his body.
England have a 15-man squad to choose from in Dubai, but if they keep faith with the XI which faced the Lions, uncapped duo Ajmal Shahzad and James Tredwell are likely to be left out, along with stand-in Test skipper Alastair Cook and seamer Liam Plunkett.
Andrew Strauss, who was England captain when Pietersen was frozen out of the team, has since retired from international cricket, with Alastair Cook the side's new Test skipper.
It was certainly a wretched day for Alastair Cook, in only his second Test as England captain, who could not dislodge the Bangladesh tail until half an hour before lunch.
But it has been suggested that if Marcus Trescothick had been available for England in the last four years Cook would not have played a Test, and there might be some truth in that.
Alastair Cook was dropped twice in reaching his sixth Test fifty but fell to Anil Kumble, who ousted Michael Vaughan in the last over before lunch.
If it runs very quickly or appears watery, cook it for another few minutes, stirring, and test again as needed.
The first day of the crucial final Test was mired in controversy when opener Alastair Cook was given out lbw following a referral to a Morne Morkel delivery which England believed should have been called a no-ball.
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Pietersen has passed 50 on only five occasions in his last 22 Test innings, while Strauss's opening partner Cook has scored 79 runs in five innings.
With three figures on the horizon, Cook's lack of footwork denied him an opportunity to score his eighth Test century when he was superbly caught by Kallis off Nel for 76.
Cook's punishment was being made to bowl, for the first time in Test cricket, and his rather rusty off-spinners signalled the point when a uniquely cricketing gentleman's agreement could be made and the match could end.
Following the decision to refer Michael Beer's "dismissal" of Cook that proved to be a no-ball and denied the spinner a maiden Test wicket, Johnson revealed that the front line of the popping crease is not of paramount concern during practice.
Instead of relying exclusively on focus groups and management approval for new recipes, chefs now also go into restaurants for up to a month, test new dishes on real customers and get feedback from the people who cook and serve the meals.
Geoff Cook, his coach at Durham, believes Harmison still has the ability to play at Test level, but he needs help from the national coaches.
Cook was an adjunct to Jobs for the better part of a dozen years, and he was test driven as CEO at least twice.
Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott both fell to the new ball and Andrew Strauss became Wayne Parnell's first Test victim before bad light halted play.
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Cook has the ideal platform to register his first century of the season, the perfect fillip ahead of the first Test at Lord's on 6 May.
Cook was one of only two players to score 30-plus in England's first innings in the fourth Test - a score he matched in the second innings - but despite a knock of 95 at Lord's, he averages only 28.6 in the series.
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