wpdavid
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How old will he be then? My guess is he'll call it a day in 12 months time, although tbf he's spent the last few years proving me wrong.
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Alastair Cook Retires from International Cricket
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Groundking
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Hasn't he recently said he thinks he's got another 3 or 4 years left?
Starfighter
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His shoulder doesn't seem to be getting any less fragile.
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150 Tests for a fast bowler is pretty incredible, even if they are useless without clouds
Furball
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Your patter is still ****e.
the big bambino
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He shouldn't have any problems when you bowl at that speed but don't give it a rip like Warney.
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When he makes 100 runs or more in an innings in a Test match
Bijed
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My favourite few (in no real order):
His 162 against New Zealand which saw us turn a big first-innings defecit into one of our best wins in recent year
His 263 against Pakistan. Possibly the most 'Cook' innings he's ever played, an absolute masterclass in patience and just batting for ages. Especially welcome in the context given out penchant for getting rolled when the oppo get a big score first up
His 235* against Australia. Again, dug us out of a tricky match situation, was part of probably the most dominant England test batting performance I've seen and of course set the tone for the rest of that magnificent series
And of course, his 147 in his final test innings. Fantastic, emotional knock and a fairytale end to a great career. As I said in the tour thread, I've never felt so happy for a cricketer as when he brought up the three figures in that innings. And given how well Rahul and Pant did afterwards, turned out to be an important innings in the context of the game too.
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235*
Howe_zat
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His 293 against India was funny.
India hadn't really got anyone out all series and I think tried to get the better of Cook by inspiring pity. They mostly bowled wide medium pace and dropped catches. Eoin Morgan made a hundred.
Cook manifestly failed to feel guilty about knocking it into the legside and taking a single 200 times.
India hadn't really got anyone out all series and I think tried to get the better of Cook by inspiring pity. They mostly bowled wide medium pace and dropped catches. Eoin Morgan made a hundred.
Cook manifestly failed to feel guilty about knocking it into the legside and taking a single 200 times.
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I think the ones in India when he and KP held the batting together when we won were his best. To win out there against a pretty good Indian side (not as good as sides 2 years before or after) who very rarely get beaten at home was some performance.
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This one was superb. His Brisbane double and the tons in India in 2012 get more praise but that knock vs NZ was amazing in how it turned the game around with good old fashioned defensive batting. Masterclass of judgement outside off stump.
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Hicheal Michael
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The 189 at Sydney, despite being largely forgotten.
stephen
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Magrat Garlick
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keeping this thread bumped during the Sri Lanka tour while England's openers are struggling to get past 3 will be really fun