Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

English Left Handed Bat

Personal Information

Full Name Alastair Nathan Cook
Date of Birth December 25, 1984
Nationality English
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Current Team(s)
Role Opening Batsman / Left hand Batsman
Family Alice Hunt (Spouse), Graham Cook (Father)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
NOR vs ESS 6 & 6 16 & 7 1 & 0 0 & 0 37.50 & 85.71 0 0 0 0
ESS vs HAM 0 & 16 3 & 38 0 & 1 0 & 0 0.00 & 42.11 0 0 0 0
ESS vs MID 58 & 84 127 & 178 9 & 9 0 & 0 45.66 & 47.19 0 0 0 0
HAM vs ESS 4 & 4 33 & 7 0 & 0 0 & 0 12.12 & 57.14 0 0 0 0
KET vs ESS 87 176 14 0 49.43 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 92 92 3204 4154 4 36.40 77.13 5 19 137 363 10 36 0
TESTs 161 291 12472 26562 16 45.35 46.95 33 57 294 1442 11 175 0
T20Is 4 4 61 54 0 15.25 112.96 0 0 26 10 0 1 0
T20s 32 30 892 699 2 31.85 127.61 1 5 100 95 15 13 0
LISTAs 178 176 6510 8090 13 39.93 80.46 13 38 137 0 0 73 0
FIRSTCLASS 350 610 26378 52186 45 46.68 50.54 74 122 294 0 0 382 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TESTs 161 2 3 7 1 7.00 2.33 1/6 0 0
T20Is 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 178 0 3 10 0 0 3.33 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 350 0 49 224 7 32.00 4.57 0 0 0

Alastair Cook News

"Bit of a crossroads" - Sir Alastair Cook wants England to ring changes after crushing series loss to India "Bit of a crossroads" - Sir Alastair Cook wants England to ring changes after crushing series loss to India
"Bit of a crossroads" - Sir Alastair Cook wants England to ring changes after crushing series loss to India
5 sets of players to have played their 100th Test together ft. R Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow 5 sets of players to have played their 100th Test together ft. R Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow
5 sets of players to have played their 100th Test together ft. R Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow
"No way back into the game" - Sir Alastair Cook earmarks Team India as heavy favorites to win IND vs ENG 5th Test "No way back into the game" - Sir Alastair Cook earmarks Team India as heavy favorites to win IND vs ENG 5th Test
"No way back into the game" - Sir Alastair Cook earmarks Team India as heavy favorites to win IND vs ENG 5th Test
"Same thing in the whole series, England had a real bad 45 minutes" - Alastair Cook laments visitors' collapse on Day 1 of 5th India Test "Same thing in the whole series, England had a real bad 45 minutes" - Alastair Cook laments visitors' collapse on Day 1 of 5th India Test
"Same thing in the whole series, England had a real bad 45 minutes" - Alastair Cook laments visitors' collapse on Day 1 of 5th India Test
"That's what a lot of us were worried about" - Sir Alastair Cook reacts to Indian spinners' 'chaos' on day 3 of IND vs ENG 4th Test "That's what a lot of us were worried about" - Sir Alastair Cook reacts to Indian spinners' 'chaos' on day 3 of IND vs ENG 4th Test
"That's what a lot of us were worried about" - Sir Alastair Cook reacts to Indian spinners' 'chaos' on day 3 of IND vs ENG 4th Test

Alastair Cook Videos

David Warner ने Sehwag को पछाड़ा... इस लिस्ट में सहवाग को नीचे गिराया | ENG VS AUS Ashes 
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David Warner ने Sehwag को पछाड़ा... इस लिस्ट में सहवाग को नीचे गिराया | ENG VS AUS Ashes 
Do England Cricketers Retire Prematurely? | Eoin Morgan | Alastair Cook | Joe Root | ECB
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Do England Cricketers Retire Prematurely? | Eoin Morgan | Alastair Cook | Joe Root | ECB
5 Most Underrated Cricketers who deserve more appreciation | Ross Taylor
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5 Most Underrated Cricketers who deserve more appreciation | Ross Taylor
Most Runs Scored in Tests Over the Decade(2010 - 2019)
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Most Runs Scored in Tests Over the Decade(2010 - 2019)
Whatsapp Chat: India vs England
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Whatsapp Chat: India vs England

Alastair Cook: A Brief Biography

Alastair Cook Biography


Stubbornness to hang around the crease-that intent makes Alastair Cook one of the most prolific test batsmen in the instantaneous world of cricket. England’s most-capped test player is only 4 matches shy to overcome Allan Border’s unique feat of playing most tests (156 tests) in a row.


Background


14-year old Cook smashed a ton for Marylebone Cricket Club against his school Bedford in the summer of 1998. Over the next four years, Cook averaged a remarkable 87.90 which saw him breaking into Essex. In his county debut, Cook guided Essex to victory with unbeaten 69.


He led the England U-19 team to the semi-final of the 2004 U-19 World Cup, with himself scoring two tons. His stack of runs for Essex, especially a brilliant 214 against Australia impressed the cricket fraternity.


Debut


While touring Caribbean for England A team, Cook was called up as a replacement of skipper Michael Vaughan and celebrated his test debut in Nagpur with a brilliant 104 against India in March 2006. It secured him a permanent place in the national side.


Unlike the test, things did not go well for Cook in his ODI debut against Sri Lanka three months later and got dismissed on 39.


Rise to Glory


Cook tasted immediate success in tests by becoming the only second player in the history to go past 1000-run mark in maiden test season.


During 2010-11 Ashes, Cook almost single-handedly drowned Australia on their soil by scoring 766 runs (three tons and one double ton) in five matches. Cook showed brilliance against quality spinners during 2012-13 India tour by scoring 562 runs in 4 matches. Cook maintains a better average in sub-continent (53.13) than his career average (46.49).


Until now, Cook has scored five double centuries in the tests, 294 being the highest against India at Edgbaston in 2011. He won ‘ICC Test Player of the Year’ award in 2011. He went past 1000 test-run five times in a single year (2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016).


Low Points


Cook’s ODI journey is not quite fruitful as he averaged only 36.41 in 92 ODIs. In tests, he could not reach three digit score in 35 innings between July 2013 to April 2015.

Between 2013 and 2016, Cook managed to convert only five of his fifties into a ton. Cook’s T20 international career could only last up to four matches and was out of the team soon. He


Club Career


Essex remained the only County club that Cook played for since 2003. In the summer of 2017, Cook scored 667 runs in 7 matches.


Captaincy


On the first assignment as captain, Cook inspired England to notch a test series on Indian soil after 28 years in 2012. He also led England to two Ashes victories in 2013 and 2015 under favourable home conditions but succumbed to whitewash by 5-0 in 2013 Ashes in Australia.


Cook resigned from the captaincy in February 2017 after a test series draw against Bangladesh, followed by a 4-0 trouncing in India.


However, Cook holds the record of captaining England in the most number of tests(59 tests). In terms of most victories as England test captain, Cook jointly seconds the list with 24 wins only behind Michael Vaughn (26 victories).


Cook led England in 69 ODIs and took England to the Champions Trophy Final in 2013. In ODI, as the skipper he won 36 matches while succumbed to defeat in 30 games.

Cook was nominated as the captain of ‘ICC Test Team of the Year’ twice in 2013 and 2016.


Records


Cook has become youngest batsman to notch the 10000-run mark in test and first Englishman to achieve the feat in 2016. Also, he holds the record of smashing consecutive tons in first five tests as skipper.

On the fourth day of fifth Ashes Test in 2018, Cook (33 years and 13 days) surpassed Sachin Tendulkar as the youngest batsman to scale 12000 test-runs feat. However, he took the most innings(275) among the six members of 12000 test runs squad.