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Alastair Cook
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Personal information
Full name Alastair Nathan Cook
Born 25 December 1984 (1984-12-25) (age 25)
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Nickname Cooky, Chef
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-hand
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Opening Batsman
International information
National side England
Test debut 1 March 2006 v India
Last Test 26 December 2009 v South Africa
ODI debut 28 June 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 26 November 2008 v India
ODI shirt no. 26
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003–present Essex (squad no. 26)
2004–2007 MCC
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 50 23 115 62
Runs scored 3,654 702 8,443 1,980
Batting average 42.98 30.52 44.67 35.35
100s/50s 10/20 1/3 22/47 4/9
Top score 160 102 195 125
Balls bowled 6 – 222 18
Wickets 0 – 5 0
Bowling average – – 33.80 –
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 n/a
Best bowling 0/1 – 3/13 0/5
Catches/stumpings 47/– 7/– 114/– 26/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2009

Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an international cricketer of English and Welsh descent. He is a left-handed opening batsman who currently plays county cricket for Essex and Test cricket for England. Cook played for Essex Academy[1] and quickly made his debut for the first XI in 2003.[2] He similarly played in a variety of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.[3]

While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century.[4] Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 Test runs,[5][6][7] making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies,[4][8][9] and becoming the first Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.[10] Despite this prodigious flurry of runs, Cook came under criticism throughout 2008 for a lack of centuries but replied with two in 2009,[11][12] and 95 against Australia to help seal England's first victory against them at Lord's since 1934, taking seven catches in the series including the final wicket to win the 2009 Ashes series.[13]

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Early life and education

Born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Alastair Cook is one of several players with Welsh heritage to play for England; his mother Stephanie, a teacher, is from Swansea,[14] although his father Graham, a high street banker and village cricketer, is English.[15][16] Cook is a keen musician. By the age of eight, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral while also learning the clarinet.[17] His choral flair led to him being granted a scholarship to Bedford School when he was 14.[18] While being educated in Bedford he also learned to play piano and saxophone.[16] However, music was soon eclipsed when the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) came to play against the Bedford XI. The home side were a man short and drafted the 14 year-old new boy to play; Cook scored a century.[18] Over the next four years he hit 17 centuries and two double-hundreds to total 4,396 runs at an average of 87.90, captaining the cricket team in his final year as well as being president of the music society. He also gained three A-Levels and nine GCSEs in his time there.[18] In his final year at Bedford in 2003 he scored 1,287 runs for the school including two unbeaten double-hundreds, averaging 160.87 to take the school record.[19] After his international success, Cook returned for an Old Boys match at Bedford in 2008, playing for the HM Ultimate XI.[20]

Playing career

County cricket

Having already been a member of the Academy since the age of 15,[1] Cook was given his first-class debut for Essex County Cricket Club coming straight out of school at the end of the 2003 season against Nottinghamshire; put in to field he aided the first dismissal with a catch before falling short at 13 runs in his first innings but pushing Essex to a nine wicket victory with 69 not out in the second.[2][21] Despite relegation being assured to Essex, Cook still battled away with an opening stand of 122 opposite Will Jefferson in the second innings of his second match, against Warwickshire.[22] In the six innings he participated in, he quickly racked up three half centuries[19] at an average of 47.80.[23] Having solidified his place as opener in the county team, he made his maiden first-class century against Leicestershire in May 2004 with 126[24] opposite Jefferson's 128 for a 265 opening stand, Essex's third highest[1] but failed to secure promotion for the team.

Cook batting for Essex

His exploits in his single season gained him enough attention to be brought in as the opening batsmen for the MCC in 2005 season's opener against County Champions Warwickshire. With a century in the first innings and a near attempt at 97 in the second, Cook helped secure victory in a match destined for a draw.[25] The season opener would not be Cook's only highlight for the year, as The Ashes approached Australia were touring the counties and in a two-day match which sadly did not count towards his first-class statistics, Cook scored a double century went on to take the first wicket of Justin Langer with a catch in the drawn match[26] days after being awarded PCA Young Cricketer of the Year.[27] A further highlight of the season saw Cook help Essex to score one of Durham's two defeats of the season, scoring 107 of Essex's 245 before taking his maiden first-class wicket, before taking another two, with his off-spin.[19] Cook played in every first-class match for Essex and also helped them clinch the Totesport League Title for the first time in 20 years.[1] The end of the season saw Cook finish with an average of 48.03 in the County Championship, hitting four centuries.[28]

After his England call up, Cook's appearances at Essex significantly reduced. In the County Championship he appeared in only three matches, making two hundreds and another two fifties in his five innings, topping the season averages with an inflated 141.3.[29] Similarly in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy he appeared only three times and again topped the batting averages, only being out once with a top score of 91 and average of 148.[30] He scored less favourably in his one Twenty20 Cup appearance, scoring only nine runs.[31] In the 2007 season, for Essex alone his first-class average was only 58.8 from three appearances, making two hundreds but countering this with one duck[32] and he made a similar century/duck appearance in the (formerly C&G) Friends Provident Trophy during his 5 matches averaging 38.4.[33] The back to back Totesport/Pro40 champions saw Cook make only one appearance in that competition, scoring 81*,[34] before being relegated. They won Division Two and were promoted the following season, though Cook only provided 11 runs in one innings during the tournament.[35] Despite his international commitments Cook managed to participate in at least one match of each tournament averaging only 36.16 in three County Championship matches[36] and a disappointing 15 in his one Twenty20 match.[37] Given time off the South Africa One-Day series, Cook favoured better in the FP Trophy with 45.3 from 3 matches[38] including contributing the second highest in the final at Lord's to seal the trophy.[39]

The 2009 English season featured an early Test series against the West Indies where, despite being in the Test team, Cook joined Essex in a tour match. He scored 76 not out in the second innings before the match was rained off, stopping Essex pressing for victory.[40] Before the Test series he helped Essex force the follow on against Kent in the County Championship but faltered with his team, scoring only 4 in the second innings to lose by 192 runs.[41] After the Test series, Cook was omitted from the one day side leaving him free to play for Essex. He joined them in their bid to defend their Friends Provident Trophy matching Varun Chopra's 65 in a 124 run partnership against Lancashire to gain a place in the semi-final.[42] He and his team could not recreate that magic for the semi-final, at the same location against the same team three days later, after being caught from a fine running catch by Sajid Mahmood, seeing the team lose by 67 runs.[43] Having been knocked out of the FP Trophy, the team turned to the Twenty20 Cup. Making only his fourth appearance in the tournament since 2005, Cook smashed 80 off 56 balls in a vain effort against Kent that was rained off.[44] While his England partner Bopara shined against Sussex, Cook only scored 1[45] but made up for this with a 60 run partnership with Bopara days later to put Essex top of the table.[46] Despite averaging 49 from these four games, Cook felt he was a long way from the international squad.[47] In his last performance before joining with the Ashes squad, Cook scored a 57 ball century, carrying his bat through the innings as they crushed Surrey[48] but without Cook and Bopara, the team were knocked out after two successive losses.[49]

International career

Youth cricket (2000–2006)

Cook had his first taste of international cricket playing the U15 World Cup in 2000. Three years later Cook was called up to the Under 19 England team for their tour of South Africa.[1] After it was decided Samit Patel had enough responsibility batting and bowling, Cook was appointed captain of the team the following year, 2004.[50] His first call of duty was the U19 World Cup in the West Indies where he guided England through the group stages and on past the Super League stage, including an unbeaten century-each partnership with Patel against New Zealand,[51] and continued a 100% win record with 87 over eventual winners Pakistan[52] before falling short in the semi-final against the West Indies.[53] He went on from there to captain them in a U19 Test win over Bangladesh[54] before taking the One-Day series too.[55] His career with the Under 19 team was cut short when Kevin Pietersen was called up to replace Andrew Flintoff in the main team, leaving a spot in England A's tour of Sri Lanka for Cook.[56] After the 2005 domestic season he was part of the intake for the ECB National Academy, but this was interrupted as he flew to Pakistan to cover the squad for Michael Vaughan's knee injury.[28] After not being used in the first XI he travelled back with the Academy to the West Indies in the new year scoring 101 in a two-day match against Antigua before youth cricket came to an abrupt halt for Cook.[57]

Debut year (2006)

Cook was included in the ECB National Academy in the winter of 2005-06. The Academy's tour of the West Indies was cut short on 24 February for Cook who only appeared in the first innings, scoring only 6, before being called up, alongside James Anderson and Owais Shah, to the England team's tour of India[3] to replace captain Michael Vaughan who was suffering from a knee injury and opener Marcus Trescothick who was suffering from stress.[58] Unlike Shah and Anderson, Cook was welcomed straight into the England XI and made his Test debut aged 21, days after he had flown in from the West Indies. He made an instant impact, opening with Andrew Strauss and scoring a half century in the first innings before being bowled just before tea on the first day for 60 runs from 160 balls being the second top scorer after 134 from Paul Collingwood.[59] The second innings would prove to cement him in cricket history as he went on to score 104 not out before England declared,[4] making him the sixteenth Englishman to score a century on his debut Test[60][58] and an even more exclusive list of five to score 100 and 50 in their first Test.[61] His hundred was also the 3,000th century in Test cricket.[62] Despite being known for a patient style of play, an impending declaration forced Cook to play quickly to bring up the century; regardless, the match was drawn.[63] After a mediocre outing in the losing second Test, scoring 17 and 2,[64] he missed the Third Test due to a stomach illness[65] and was omitted from the one-day series.[66]

Returning home, Cook was again selected for the first XI during Sri Lanka's tour. For his debut match at Lord's, Cook was shuffled down to third to make way for the returning Trescothick. However, he still walked to the crease alongside his teammate as Strauss fell at the stroke of lunch.[67] Cook and Trescothick put on 127 in their partnership as Trescothick made a century while Cook later stumbled just before at 89;[68] there was no second innings as England forced the follow-on but were one wicket away from victory with Cook being targeted among others for two significant dropped catches.[69] Cook's first taste of victory came in the second Test, guiding the team past the target of 78 in the second innings with an unbeaten 34 alongside Andrew Flintoff furthering the reputation of his calm, meticulous style of play against the dangerous spin of Muttiah Muralitharan who took 4-29.[70] Although not initially selected for the one-day series, Cook made his limited overs debut in the fourth match scoring 39 from 38 balls in a bright spot of an otherwise dour England performance hampered by injuries.[71]

Cook in catching practice during The Ashes tour

At the start of the following series against Pakistan, Cook recorded his second Test century, gaining him a spot on the boards at Lord's alongside Ian Bell and Collingwood, though he only managed four in the second innings.[8] He and Bell both recorded back to back centuries by the following Test at Old Trafford as well as Cook scoring his then-career best 127 in an innings defeat over Pakistan. In what now seemed a pattern, Cook's century came up while partnering with Collingwood as with his previous two.[72] In the controversial forfeited Test, sometimes called Ovalgate, Cook contributed a first innings top score of 40 and second best 83 before Pakistan refused to return to the field.[73] This score secured Cook's tally of runs, 403, as the second highest scorer for England and third overall in the series.[74] Once again Cook was overlooked in the one day series.[75] At the end of the season he was again awarded the Young Player of the Year award as well as being shortlisted for ICC Emerging Player of the Year.[1]

As well as the one day series against Pakistan, Cook was overlooked for the 2006 Champions Trophy squad. However, he was named for the 2006–07 Ashes series touring party and when Trescothick pulled out once again due to stress, Cook re-earned a spot as an opener for the foreseeable future.[76] In the disastrous 5 Test whitewash, Cook failed to impress in the first two Tests, but during a two day warm-up he retired with a century and afterwards remained adamant that he and England would make a turn around in the series.[77] With England desperately chasing 577 runs, or a draw to not lose the Ashes, Cook stayed at the crease for over six hours, lasting almost all of the fourth day to earn his maiden Ashes century (119) before being caught behind off Glenn McGrath just shy of three overs before the close of play. This was his fourth Test century before turning 22, no England player had scored more than two by the same age.[78] With only three other batsmen scoring double figures, England lost the Test and the Ashes[79] and despite only having an average of 27.6 runs,[80] Cook scored one of only three English centuries on the tour and also on 28 December 2006 in Melbourne, Cook scored his thousandth Test run, the second cricketer to do this in their maiden year, after Mark Taylor.[5]

West Indies, India and Sri Lanka (2007)

After being omitted for the Twenty20 International against Australia and the 2007 World Cup,[5] Cook found himself once again in favour for the home series against West Indies. Starting at Lord's, Cook found himself among four centurions in the opening innings with Collingwood opposite him once again, being one of only five Englishmen to hit as many centuries in 15 Tests and recorded another half century in the following innings to win his first Man of The Match award.[9][81] After another half century in the second Test, Cook recorded another half century/century combination in the two innings at Old Trafford, his first innings sixty equating to the team's win margin.[82] Cook was selected for his first Twenty20 International against the West Indies, in a losing effort where he scored 15 runs from 16 balls.[83] This was followed by a disappointing one-day series for Cook, and England, who averaged 22 in 3 matches.[84]

The following home series against India saw Cook continue his fine Test form despite England not winning a Test. He was the third highest scoring Englishman with an average of 37.[85] During the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge, Cook became the youngest English player to rack up 1,500 Test runs eclipsing the record held by David Gower.[86] Cook played in six of the seven ensuing one-day matches, scoring his maiden ODI century in the first match alongside Ian Bell's 126 not out guiding England to a 104 win victory that propped up England's first one-day series victory since 2005.[87][88] After two ducks, Cook was dropped in the final, decisive match.[89][90]

After being omitted from the World Twenty20 Cook rejoined England in Sri Lanka making an outstanding contribution in both forms of the game. Starting with another ODI series victory, Cook battled with a stomach virus to top score 47 in a losing match[91] and went on to be the second highest scoring batsmen in the series behind Chamara Silva with 155.[92] Cook also picked up his first ODI Man of The Match award in the fourth game.[93] After an unsuccessful first Test, Cook went on to be the top scoring Test batsmen for England too, scoring two half centuries in the second Test and 118 in the third match, at an average of 46.[94] Up until this tour, Cook had held a strange record of having more Test centuries than half centuries[95] but this century marked his last until March 2009 and Cook came under increasing criticism for his lack of ability to convert fifties to hundreds at the top of the order,[11] yet maintained an average in the low forties.[96]

New Zealand home and away (2008)

England's tour of the antipodes continued as England toured New Zealand and Cook made a great start in the warm up matches, making a half century[97] followed by an unbeaten 138[98] the following day in limited overs matches. His style was still considered too slow for the following two Twenty20 Internationals and he failed to continue his form in the first ODI where he fell for 11 as part of an England collapse.[99][100] The second match saw a similar collapse by England where Cook's 52 was the only real contribution until he was run out by fellow Essexian Ravi Bopara.[101][102] The fourth one day match saw Cook and Phil Mustard prop up the innings with an opening stand of 158 before both being dismissed in successive balls, leading to a tied match.[103][104] Although normally known for his slow but focussed repose with the bat, the first Test against New Zealand gave Cook a chance making three sharp catches in the first innings[105] and mirroring his efforts with three even more spectacular catches in the second innings, the first two off Ryan Sidebottom who then went on to make a hat-trick with a final LBW[106], the match itself saw England collapse in the second innings for 110 with Cook being the only other player besides Ian Bell to make it into double figures.[107] Incidentally, Cook's other catch in the second innings was also off Sidebottom to dismiss New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, a feat the pair reproduced in the second innings of the second Test[108] and again in the first innings of the third Test.[109] His batting meanwhile began its long road of decline scoring no more than sixty in the two Tests and falling for only two runs in the final match,[109] though in the second Test he did secure another English record being the youngest Englishman at just over 23 years, to score 2,000 Test runs - again eclipsing Gower;[6] two days later he recorded his first Test six after 2047 runs, 233 from boundaries, after an accidental top edge and ruined his chances of beating Vijay Manjrekar's 2,308 record.[110]

Back home in England Cook failed to reproduce his legacy of Lord's centuries. Scoring 61 in the only England innings of the first Test[111] which was his only score over fifty from the four innings in England's successful series.[112] His poor form in the long format led to him being omitted for the Twenty20 series and all but the final one-day match.[113]

Road to The Ashes (2008–2009)

Cook bowled his only Test over against South Africa at Lord's

With a year to go before the 2009 Ashes it was imperative for Cook to cement his position as opener in the home series against South Africa. Again, at Lord's, Cook made his way comfortably[114] to a half-century before being dismissed for 60. A high team score, together with a benevolent wicket, saw the fifth day bring Cook's first Test over as a bowler: he conceded just one run.[115] Cook fell in one innings of each Test between fifty and a hundred, amassing the considerable average of 47 for the series.[116]

Once again Cook found himself omitted from the Twenty20 and one-day team both for the home series against South Africa as well as the majority of the away series in India, where a string of poor England performances saw him called up for the fifth and ultimately the final match after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.[117] When the Tests arrived, Cook continued to notch a half-century in one innings of each match, but was outshone by opening partner Strauss's centuries.[118]

After India, England went to the West Indies under the new captaincy of Andrew Strauss after Pietersen's brief tenure ended in controversy. Cook was shown still to have the selectors' confidence despite his lack of centuries when he was given the unofficial vice-captaincy before the tour began.[119][120] The title gave him a boost: he went on to score two fifties in the first warm-up match, retiring out in the second innings[121] but contrasted that with a duck in the next tour match.[122] Similarly, in the First Test he scored four and another duck.[123] After the third Test was abandoned due to the poor quality of the surface, Cook was again beleaguered by his perennial problem: he scored two half centuries against opening partner Strauss's 169.[124] He seemed to have put it behind him in the first innings of the next Test, however, as he and Strauss put on a record opening stand of 229.[125] Strauss was bowled first for 169 as Cook reached the nineties but fell shortly thereafter for 94.[11] After two days' batting on a benign pitch, the West Indies declared on 749 for nine in response to England's 600 for six. Put back in with one day to spare, Strauss fell for 33, but, after 38 innings' and fifteen months' waiting, Cook finally arrived at his eighth Test century, and went on to pass his highest score with an unbeaten 139 before play ended in a draw.[11] During this innings, Cook also became the youngest Englishman to pass 3,000 Test runs.[7]

England returned home, only to face the West Indies once more. The Second Test took the sides to the Riverside in Durham where, on a benign surface, Cook battled through the first day. After Strauss fell in the morning session, Cook began a partnership with Ravi Bopara, who had recently been promoted to third in the batting order. Over the first day, the two navigated a slow partnership, both strike rates remaining under 55, but, once Cook reached his ninth Test century, Bopara matched it with his own, culminating in a 213-run partnership at Bopara's fall in the closing overs of the day; Cook ended unbeaten on 126.[126] After the second day of play was completely washed out, Cook recorded his first Test 150 and subsequently his current highest score of 160.[12]

The Ashes (2009)

Omitted from the World Twenty20 competition, Cook returned to Essex for two moderate county matches but impressive Twenty20 games.[127] Despite being the only Englishman to score a century, or even more than 50, in the first innings of England's warm up match against Warwickshire,[128] in the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, Cook was the lowest scoring recognised batsman, scoring 10 and 6 – caught in the gully in the first innings, and trapped LBW by Mitchell Johnson in the second.[129] Cook bounced back in the second Test at Lord's, batting through to the afternoon session, as he and his captain Andrew Strauss (who scored 161) set the record for the highest opening English partnership at Lord's with 196[130], Cook initially scored faster than Strauss but fell short of another Lord's century, trapped again by Johnson for 95.[131] This partnership, along with Strauss' anchoring throughout the innings, led England to a total of 425 and enabled them to gain a 210-run first-innings lead, aided by three catches from Cook off James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Batting quickly in the second innings to force victory, Cook scored 32 from 54 balls before again falling LBW[132] but providing enough for England to cement their first victory over Australia at Lord's since 1934 and second since 1896.[133]

Cook took the winning catch in the 2009 Ashes series.

After this high, the series took a severe downturn for Cook as his only appearance in the third Test was a duck.[134] With no second innings to redeem himself, pressure began to mount on Cook for the fourth Test at Headingley Stadium where he anchored himself through half the team before being dismissed half way through the first innings for only 30, a score which would only be topped by wicket-keeper Matt Prior as England collapsed to Australia's seam attack, bowled out for 103. Though the team batted better in the second innings Cook again was the fifth man out for another 30 as England succumbed to an innings defeat, with Australia levelling the series needing only to draw at the Oval to retain the Ashes.[135] During the fortnight break Cook was among a quintet of players released into the County Championship to increase their form alongside.[136] In the first-class match against Middlesex both he and Bopara failed in the first innings, with scores of 4 and 1, but Cook top scored in the second innings with 64 to push Essex towards victory.[137] Of the five released, Cook was among three picked for the final and decisive Oval Test and didn't start well being dismissed with only 12 runs on the board, ten of them his. However, in the field Cook was part of Australia's first innings collapse, taking two catches off Graeme Swann to dismiss the top scoring opener Simon Katich and the penultimate wicket of Stuart Clark. Working with a 172 run lead on the second evening, Strauss and Cook's steady partnership was ended prematurely with Cook dismissed for 9 in his final innings of the series. Despite this Cook ended the series on something of a high in his fielding position at short leg, taking a catch off Steve Harmison's second wicket in two balls for the penultimate wicket and then taking the winning catch of a leading edge from the defiant Michael Hussey for 121 off Swann to seal the Ashes victory.[13]

Tour of South Africa (2009–10)

Cook made his return to international Twenty20 cricket during the tour of South Africa in 2009–10. After scoring 11 runs in the first match,[138] Cook was handed the captaincy after Paul Collingwood picked up an injury prior to the second match[139] but led them to an 84 run loss after posting only 26.[140] In the second Test he scored a patient 118 after being saved by a third umpire referral at 64.[96]

Outside cricket

As well as his successful career in the realms of cricket, Cook also uses his talents in other fields. As well as being a columnist in The Daily Telegraph,[61] he used his erstwhile musical flare with the saxophone to contribute to Freefonix, a CBBC animated series with music-based adventures.[17] As well as this, Cook has donated his time to various charities including taking part in The Great City Race for Breakthrough Breast Cancer[141] and modelled naked (with a strategically placed cricket bat) alongside James Anderson and Stuart Broad to help raise awareness for testicular cancer on behalf of the Everyman Campaign.[142]

Achievements

Test cricket

Performance against each opponent

As of August, 2009:

Cook's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Opponent Matches Innings Not out Runs High Score 100 50 Average
Australia 10 19 0 498 116 1 1 26.21
India 7 14 1 527 104* 1 4 40.53
New Zealand 6 10 0 308 61 0 2 30.8
Pakistan 4 7 0 403 127 2 1 57.57
South Africa 4 7 0 329 76 0 4 47.00
Sri Lanka 6 11 1 453 118 1 3 45.30
West Indies 11 19 3 991 160 4 5 61.93
TOTAL 48 87 5 3509 160 9 20 42.79

Centuries

Test Centuries of Alastair Cook
Runs Match Opponent City/Country Venue Year
[1][4] 104 1 India Nagpur, India Vidarbha 2006
[2][8] 105 6 Pakistan London, England Lord's 2006
[3][73] 127 7 Pakistan Manchester, England Old Trafford 2006
[4][79] 116 12 Australia Perth, Australia WACA Ground 2006
[5][9] 105 15 West Indies London, England Lord's 2007
[6][82] 106 17 West Indies Manchester, England Old Trafford 2007
[7][143] 118 24 Sri Lanka Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2007
[8][11] 139* 40 West Indies Bridgetown, West Indies Kensington Oval 2009
[9][12] 160 43 West Indies Chester-le-Street, England Riverside 2009

Man of the match awards

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
17–21 May 2007 West Indies Lord's, London Batting: 105 and 65
Caught: 1

Records

  • March 2006: Sixteenth Englishman to score a century on his debut,[58] fifth to combine it with a half century.[61]
  • December 2006: Only Englishman to score 4 centuries before his 22nd birthday.[78][144]
  • May 2007: Only Englishman (second worldwide) to score 1,000 runs in maiden year.[5]
  • July 2007: Youngest Englishman to score 1,500 runs.[86]
  • December 2007: Only Englishman to score 7 centuries before his 23rd birthday.[145]
  • March 2008: Youngest Englishman to score 2,000 runs.[6]
  • February 2009: England's record opening stand against West Indies (229 with Andrew Strauss).[125]
  • March 2009: Youngest Englishman to 3,000 runs.[7]
  • July 2009: England's record opening stand at Lord's against Australia (196 with Andrew Strauss).[130]

One Day International cricket

Centuries

One-day International Centuries of Alastair Cook
Runs Match Opposed City/Country Venue Year
[1][88] 102 6 India Hampshire, England Rose Bowl 2007

Man of the match awards

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
10 October 2007 Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Batting: 80

Awards

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