Individual Information
Born Dec 25 1984
Birth Place Gloucester
Nickname Cook
Height 6 ft 2 inches
Role Batsman
Batting Style Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style - -
Vocation Information
Test debut: Mar 01, 2006, versus India, Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
ODI debut: Jun 28, 2006, versus Sri Lanka, Old Trafford
Last ODI: Dec 16, 2014, versus Sri Lanka, R.Premadasa Stadium
T20 debut: Jun 28, 2007, versus West Indies, Kennington Oval
Last T20 vs South Africa, Nov 15, 2009, SuperSport Park
Batting Career Summary
Bowlling Career Summary
Profile
"15,000 Test runs and 50 Test hundreds of years are not past him" – Sunil Gavaskar, about Alastair Cook.
It is difficult for a batsman to get such high acclaim from a previous cricketer, particularly when the concerned persons are from various nations. The way that those words originated from a batsman who is viewed as one of the best openers Test cricket has ever seen makes it even laudable. Such is Cook's notoriety in World Cricket right now that, at 28 years old, he is as of now considered as a legend, or if nothing else one really taking shape.
It is never simple being a Test opener in the nation of England – the new ball by and large swings quickly and it takes a lot of value for any opener to survive, not to mention score runs reliably. Be that as it may, Cook is honored with a strong procedure, demeanor and the tolerance required to counter the conditions notwithstanding when they are not helpful for batting, particularly at the top request.
Nothing portrays Cook's capacity to score runs more than his high scores in Test cricket. He has more Test hundreds of years than some other English batsman to have played the diversion. More than the quantity of hundreds of years, what's great is his yearn for huge pursues notwithstanding scoring a hundred. Britain's batting mentor – Graham Gooch – demanded his batsmen to score "Daddy hundreds", and not be content with hundreds of years. Cook learnt those lessons to flawlessness and has 7 scores in overabundance of 150, including 2 twofold centuries. While his most elevated score of 294 against India at Birmingham in 2011 was a marathon thump which showcased every one of his qualities – persistence, class, system and capacity to bat long, his 190 against the same rival on a rank turner at Mumbai in 2012 lifted him to the association of legends.
The hardest Test for any batsman, particularly from England, comes when he goes to Australia or India. The previous due to England's chronicled contention (the Ashes), and the last in light of England's battles in the spinner-accommodating Indian pitches. Cook has breezed through both the tests, as well as returned stunning numbers in both landmasses.
It was obvious right from his Test make a big appearance that Cook was somebody who might become famous. He began his Test profession with a century against India in 2006, and went ahead to score hundreds of years in his first appearances against Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh furthermore turned into the second most youthful player to get to 5000 keeps running in Tests, after the unbelievable Sachin Tendulkar. He endured lost structure in 2008, yet recouped the precise next season and rose quickly up the positions in world cricket. His consistency with the bat settled on him the conspicuous decision for captaincy after Andrew Strauss, and his cricket achieved new statures after the obligation was pushed on him. Cook has made 6 centuries from his initial 7 Tests as chief, a detail made significantly all the more surprising given that 6 of those Tests were played in the sub-mainland.
Cook has an unprecedented capacity to learn and adjust to conditions and circumstances in brisk time. His most loved shots are the cut and pull, and that empowers him to play short pitch rocking the bowling alley without hardly lifting a finger. That clarifies his achievement in Australia – he has scored 1042 keeps running from 10 matches down under, with 4 centuries and a normal in abundance of 65. While his solid back-foot play has helped him score keeps running on the bouncy tracks in Australia, his capacity to go ahead the front-foot and utilize his tallness for a long walk has prompted enormous achievement in the spinner neighborly Asian conditions – he has 1802 keeps running from 18 matches in the sub-landmass, with a normal of 56.31 – a mindboggling detail for an Englishman in conditions that suit turn. His brightness at the highest point of the request helped England win the Ashes in Australia in 2011. He scored 3 centuries in the initial 3 Tests in India and was the greatest element in England winning the Test arrangement in India in 2012. He was the most elevated run getter and Man of the Series in both the events – a trivia which represents itself with no issue.
There is one quality about Alastair Cook that goes unnoticed among his numerous attributes – his capacity to adjust to different configurations. Being the right batsman that he will be, he was a casualty of marking and was viewed as fit just for the more drawn out adaptations of the amusement. In any case, he demonstrated every one of them wrong after he was given the ODI captaincy post the 2011 World Cup. Cook has scored 4 of his 5 ODI hundreds of years as skipper, and his normal as chief (47) is extensively more than his normal as an ordinary player (40).
Without a doubt, Cook delighted in a completely productive 2013 as England skipper, having marshaled his troops to an
determined 3-0 Ashes triumph at home before England completed runners-up in the 2013 Champions Trophy.
Cook and his men however got a fierce rude awakening in the ensuing Ashes opener at Brisbane with their main opponents surging to a mammoth 381 run win. Cook went ahead to end up the most youthful ever to play 100 Tests, beating Sachin Tendulkar in the third Ashes Test in Perth. Be that as it may, the down-slide proceeded and England endured an embarrassing 5-0 whitewash Down Under. Their pathetic situation stretched out in the ODIs and in addition they could win one and only amusement. Under the scanner for his uninvolved captaincy and cruel requests of venturing down from the occupation, Cook chose to avoid the West Indies visit in mid 2014.
As a commander, he leads from the front. As a batsman, he is the best in the side. As a man, Cook is generally known as unassuming and practical regardless of every one of his accomplishments. No big surprise many people anticipate that him will be one of cricket's greats in the years to come.
"He midpoints more than 50 and he's done it in 80-odd Tests. He's most likely going to play another 80-odd Tests once more, so who knows how long he's going to wind up with?" - Sir Ian Botham
