5 batsmen with most runs in the fourth innings of a Test match

#3 Sir Alastair Cook (England) - 1611 Runs

Sir Alistair Cook will go down as the greatest batsman produced by England in Test Cricket.

Sir Alastair Cook will go down as the greatest batsman produced by England in Test match cricket. The left-handed batsman is currently the highest run scorer for England with 12472 runs to his name. And, out of his run aggregate, 1611 runs came in the fourth innings of Test matches.

Cook featured 53 times in the fourth innings of a Test and scored 1611 runs at an average of 35.80, including 2 hundreds and 9 fifties. Cook scored a magnificent 116 against Australia in 2006, but that could not prevent the mighty Australians from steamrolling England by 206 runs.

His second century in the fourth innings was 109* against Bangladesh, and that helped England beat the Tigers by 9 wickets.

RECORD: Innings:53, Runs:1611, 100’s:2, 50’s:9, Average:35.80