Top 5 knocks by Alastair Cook

#3 244* vs Australia – Melbourne (2017)

This was Alastair Cook’s last Test hundred and he will cherish every bit of it. Cook had scored a 243 against West Indies at Edgbaston in August but since that knock, his scores read 11, 23, 10, 17, 2, 7, 37, 16, 7 and 14. Questions were flowing in left, right and centre ahead of the 4th Ashes Test at the MCG.

England had already lost the Ashes but they still needed to avoid the embarrassing whitewash and stop Australia from repeating the success of 2013-14 Ashes.

The England bowlers did a good job of restricting Australia to 327 on a flat MCG pitch. It was then all Alastair Cook as he batted and batted and batted to bore Australia out. He spent more than 10 and a half hours at the crease and carried his bat. His unbeaten 244 gave England a big lead. However, a Steve Smith classic saved the game for the Aussies.

However, for his fabulous knock, Cook was awarded the Player of the Match.