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Alastair Cook

Full name: Alastair Nathan Cook

Born: 25th December 1984, Gloucester, England

Batting: Left-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Occasional wicket-keeper

Teams: England (Test: 2005/06-2009); England (ODI: 2006-2008/09); England (Int Twenty20: 2007); Essex (Main FC: 2003-2009); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2004-2007); Essex Cricket Board (Main ListA: 2003); Essex (Main ListA: 2003-2009); Essex (Main Twenty20: 2005-2009); All teams

Essex cap: 2005

Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 2005

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Articles: Flintoff and Cook hit form

Late strikes puts England in command

Rain washes out second day's play

England piles huge score on Day One

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Pictures: England's Alastair Cook hits a shot against New Zealand

Danish Kaneria reacts after a near miss against Cook

Alastair Cook is caught and bowled by Umar Gul

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In school cricket, he broke all sorts of records and was thrust into the county circuit early. Coached by the great Graham Gooch, he hit his maiden First Class century in 2004, before captaining England in the 2004 under-19 World Cup, where he also hit two centuries. In the midst of an injury crisis, he made his Test debut against India in 2006 and hasn’t looked back ever since. In 41 Tests, he has scored 3078 runs at a good average of 43.35, with 8 centuries and 19 fifties. This means that as an opener, not only is he compact but also consistent, given his penchant for converting fifties into hundreds. Back to back hundreds against Pakistan in 2006 only cemented his place in the side. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2006 but was given the role of opening the innings only a bit later. Since then, he has played 21 ODIs scoring 667 runs at 31.76 per innings. Cook became the youngest England batsman to pass 2000 Test runs in New Zealand in 2008 on a tour in which he only managed one fifty, but his catching improved no end. He caught six beauties in the first Test in Hamilton.
Profile DateLine: 3rd May 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	43	78	5	3287	160	45.02	9	19	46.87	37

Test Career Bowling (2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England	6	0	1	0	0-1					1.00

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	103	184	16	7781	195	46.31	21	43	53.06	100

First-Class Career Bowling (2003-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	168	2	123	4	3-13	30.75	0	0	42.00	4.39

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	23	23	0	702	102	30.52	1	3	68.15	7

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	58	57	4	1745	125	32.92	2	9	71.69	25

One-Day Career Bowling (2005)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	18	0	10	0	0-5					3.33

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	2	2	0	24	15	12.00	0	0	96.00	1

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	14	13	1	387	100*	32.25	1	2	133.44	3

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2004)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England Under-19s	5	8	1	276	57	39.42	0	2	59.86	7

Youth Test Career Bowling (2003-2004)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	204	10	96	3	3-50	32.00	0	0	68.00	2.82

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2004)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England Under-19s	10	10	3	430	108*	61.42	2	1	75.83	3