Full name Alastair Nathan Cook
Born December 25, 1984, Gloucester
Current age 27 years 333 days
Major teams England, Bedfordshire, England Lions, England Under-19s, Essex, Marylebone Cricket Club
Nickname Cooky, Chef
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm slow
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education Bedford School
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 84 | 148 | 9 | 6772 | 294 | 48.71 | 14138 | 47.89 | 21 | 29 | 777 | 7 | 73 | 0 |
ODIs | 56 | 56 | 3 | 2121 | 137 | 40.01 | 2675 | 79.28 | 5 | 13 | 238 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
T20Is | 4 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 26 | 15.25 | 54 | 112.96 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 175 | 309 | 25 | 13629 | 294 | 47.98 | 25945 | 52.53 | 40 | 65 | 161 | 0 | ||
List A | 111 | 109 | 9 | 3952 | 137 | 39.52 | 4943 | 79.95 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 0 | ||
Twenty20 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 862 | 100* | 33.15 | 669 | 128.84 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 84 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20Is | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 175 | 270 | 205 | 6 | 3/13 | 34.16 | 4.55 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
List A | 111 | 18 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.33 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Twenty20 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard |
Last Test | India v England at Ahmedabad, Nov 15-19, 2012 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Jun 28, 2006 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v South Africa at Nottingham, Sep 5, 2012 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20I | South Africa v England at Centurion, Nov 15, 2009 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Essex v Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford, Sep 3-5, 2003 scorecard |
Last First-class | India v England at Ahmedabad, Nov 15-19, 2012 scorecard |
List A debut | Essex Cricket Board v Essex at Chelmsford, May 7, 2003 scorecard |
Last List A | England v South Africa at Nottingham, Sep 5, 2012 scorecard |
Twenty20 debut | Middlesex v Essex at Southgate, Jul 1, 2005 scorecard |
Last Twenty20 | Somerset v Essex at Taunton, Jul 24, 2012 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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41, 176 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 | Test # 2058 |
97, 2* | England XI | v Haryana | Ahmedabad | 8 Nov 2012 | FC |
119 | England XI | v India A | Mumbai (BS) | 30 Oct 2012 | FC |
51 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 5 Sep 2012 | ODI # 3304 |
2 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 2 Sep 2012 | ODI # 3302 |
20 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 31 Aug 2012 | ODI # 3300 |
0 | England | v South Africa | Southampton | 28 Aug 2012 | ODI # 3298 |
10* | England | v South Africa | Cardiff | 24 Aug 2012 | ODI # 3296 |
7, 3 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 16 Aug 2012 | Test # 2053 |
24, 46 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 2 Aug 2012 | Test # 2051 |
Those in the know were saying that the tall, dark and handsome Alastair Cook was destined for great things very early on, and on the Ashes tour of 2010-11, he came good on a host of promises, scoring an incredible 766 runs in seven innings to anchor England's first series win in Australia for 24 years. In so doing, he went past 5,000 Test runs, having turned 26 on Christmas Day - the second youngest batsman to reach the landmark after Sachin Tendulkar.
NBC Denis Compton Award 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Young Cricketer of the Year 2005
Awarded the MBE in June 2011
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2011
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2012