Alastair Cook is often regarded as one of the most elegant herds ever. The former England cricket team captain scored 12,472 runs in 161 tests at an average of 45.35. He also scored 3204 runs in 92 ODIs at an average of 36.40. Another impressive stat from Cook is that he has only been thrown out 35 times in 291 Test innings. Despite retiring from international cricket in 2018, he regularly plays first-class cricket. He is in great form for Essex in the County Championship Division One this season. On Tuesday he scored his fourth ton of the season against Gloucestershire. It was his 73rd first-class ton.
His conversion rate this season was 80 percent and it led to Essex calling him “Man machine” on Twitter.
Alastair Cook in 2022:
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— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) July 12, 2022
Watch: Alastair Cook Scores 73rd First Class Ton
Oh nothing, just Alastair Cook with his 73rd First Class Century
Watch the best of his knock #LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/PrGm9bDL3r
— LV = Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) July 12, 2022
In the list of all-time top scorers in Tests, Cook is fifth with 12,472 runs. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 15,921 runs.
England’s Joe Root recently became the second English batter to register 10,000 test runs after Cook.
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“He is a joy to watch, the most complete English batsman I have seen. The person who could play the most incredible innings was Kevin Pietersen, but for the most complete batsmen in all three forms it is Root. His consistency is unbelievable.” Cook told the BBC.
“Except injuries, he will go miles past my record. He’s so hard to tie up. I had to work my way to 30, it always took me what felt like two hours. Because Joe has gotten so many low risk options, pretty much 360 degrees, he will often hit 30 balls of 40,” he added.
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