Alistair Cook

[God is an Englishman]

most centuries ever for England
youngest player to ever reach 7,000 runs.


QUALITY PLAYER!

Cannot wait for Captain Cook to visit australia next year.

[PDog]

yep, pretty hard to argue with that. absolute gun.

[Bomber]

He's due for a bad series. Good timing!

[God is an Englishman]

He's due for a bad series. Good timing!

He had one against south africa.

[Delete Your Account]

most centuries ever for England
youngest player to ever reach 7,000 runs.


QUALITY PLAYER!

Cannot wait for Captain Cook to visit australia next year.

Having the most of something doesn't make you any good.

[God is an Englishman]

most centuries ever for England
youngest player to ever reach 7,000 runs.


QUALITY PLAYER!

Cannot wait for Captain Cook to visit australia next year.

Having the most of something doesn't make you any good.

when it's having the most centuries of English batsmen then it does.

Intrigued as to how many current test players would have more? lara, tendulkar, chanderpaul, any others?

[Stitch This]

The bloke down the pub has plenty to say

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Te ... #Centuries

[adam]

Milestone of the day #1
When he reached 89, Alastair Cook became the youngest man in the history of Test cricket to score 7,000 Test runs. Cook, aged 27 years and 347 days, overtook Sachin Tendulkar, who was 28 years and 193 days. But neither are top in terms of innings required to reach the landmark. That record still belongs to Wally Hammond, who took 131 innings. Cook required 151, while Tendulkar required 136. Virender Sehwag, who took 134 innings, was actually the second-quickest to the landmark in terms of innings required.

Most hundreds
Player 100 50 0
SR Tendulkar (India) 51 66 14
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 44 56 14
RT Ponting (Aus) 41 62 17
R Dravid (ICC/India) 36 63 8
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 31 43 12
KC Sangakkara (SL) 30 39 9
S Chanderpaul (WI) 27 61 14
GC Smith (ICC/SA) 26 35 11
AN Cook (Eng) 23 29 5

[Bomber]

most centuries ever for England
youngest player to ever reach 7,000 runs.


QUALITY PLAYER!

Cannot wait for Captain Cook to visit australia next year.

Having the most of something doesn't make you any good.

when it's having the most centuries of English batsmen then it does.

Intrigued as to how many current test players would have more? lara, tendulkar, chanderpaul, any others?

Surely even you know Lara isn't a current test player

[Delete Your Account]

Runs for a batsmen... but the bloke who averaged the most per innings is no good.

What's the criteria for a captain?

[God is an Englishman]

Surely even you know Lara isn't a current test player

when did he retire?
I'm sure I saw him and Viv Richards playing a test the other day. Willis and Botham were bowling and WG Grace was fielding.

[God is an Englishman]

Following the game online and they've just said that Cook has been on the field of play for 91% of this series.

[adam]

Surely even you know Lara isn't a current test player

when did he retire?
I'm sure I saw him and Viv Richards playing a test the other day. Willis and Botham were bowling and WG Grace was fielding.

you can just admit you got something wrong... it is a purifying experience... apparently

[God is an Englishman]

Surely even you know Lara isn't a current test player

when did he retire?
I'm sure I saw him and Viv Richards playing a test the other day. Willis and Botham were bowling and WG Grace was fielding.

you can just admit you got something wrong... it is a purifying experience... apparently

I thought taking the piss out of myself was a better way, wouldn't expect aussies to get self deprecating humour though.

[adam]

I thought taking the piss out of myself was a better way, wouldn't expect aussies to get self deprecating humour though.

exactly... i thought you were being serious

[Stitch This]

10 short of a double century and he gets run out

[God is an Englishman]

10 short of a double century and he gets run out

that's the first time he has been run out in first class cricket

[God is an Englishman]

Having seen it, dhoni should have called him back.

I believe I'm right here that because he didn't ground his bat before taking action to avoid the ball, that's why he was out. Even though he clearly would have made the ground, under the laws he's out. Still think dhoni should have called him back though.

[Bomber]

What a load of bollocks. Cook is a coward! Scared of getting hit as opposed to protecting his wicket!
Indefensible!!

[adam]

called him back???

no chance. you can't call somebody back for stupidity.

[God is an Englishman]

called him back???

no chance. you can't call somebody back for stupidity.

He would easily have made his ground but for the fact the ball would have hit him.

Laws of the game OUT

I still think he should have been called back but on 190 they'd run out of ideas.

[Stitch This]

I thought India's use of the DRS on a couple of occasions was interesting.

[God is an Englishman]

I thought India's use of the DRS on a couple of occasions was interesting.

I hadn't even noticed they were using it.

[Bomber]

Good batsman - but he's still a coward.

[God is an Englishman]

Good batsman - but he's still a coward.

I would imagine it's human nature to get out the way of something thrown at you. One can be excuses, a 2nd can't.

He should have taken the hit and grounded his bat.

[Adolf Hįtler]

Having seen it, dhoni should have called him back.

On what grounds?
I'm not expert on cricket bur surely you're having a laugh.

[ozzie owl]

Awesome batsman who never seems to be ruffled by pressure.

[God is an Englishman]

Having seen it, dhoni should have called him back.

On what grounds?
I'm not expert on cricket bur surely you're having a laugh.

For the fact that he would have made his ground easily had he not taken action to avoid being hit by the ball.

[Monder]

[bapa]

Good batsman - but he's still a coward.

I would imagine it's human nature to get out the way of something thrown at you. One can be excuses, a 2nd can't.

He should have taken the hit and grounded his bat.

so, he is a coward!!!