It is a final goodbye for Sir Alastair Cook to all forms of Cricket. He is set to retire from all forms of cricket after the ongoing county championship. He has the most distinguished career in English Cricket History so far. This English star hoping to name another county title before bidding a final goodbye to cricket. Essex hoping to complete their home season by defeating Hampshire to stay in the hunt for the title.
Debut and early stage of career:
But he has become one of the most successful test players. Throughout his career, he played 161 tests. In that career span, he made 12,472 runs with a batting average of 45.35. In his whole test career, he made 33 centuries and 57 half-centuries. He registered his highest test score of 294 runs.
He played 92 ODI matches and made 3204 with a batting average of 36.40. In ODIs, he scored 5 centuries and 19 half-centuries. In ODI he registered the highest score of 137.
Cook made his test debut as an injury replacement against India in 2006. In his debut match, he scored 60 and a magnificent century at Nagpur. He made his debut in June 2006 against Sri Lanka. In 2007, he made his T20 debut against West Indies. His T20 career didn’t go long.
Captaincy record:
In his captaincy period, Cook played 59 tests among them he won 24 tests and lost 22 tests and 13 tests have been drawn. Cook captained England to its first test victory in India Since 1984-85. During the tour, he became the first captain to score a century in each of the tests. In 2015 Cook became the leading run scorer in Test matches. In 2018 he stepped down as captain.
In the career span of 12 years, Cook played 35 Ashes tests. He won three Ashes series against Australia. In his career, he made a record of playing the most consecutive matches in tests. He is at number 4, in playing the most consecutive matches as a team. He is the 10th player to score the most hundreds in his career. Like this, he has several records.
In this fruitful career, Alastair Cook will retire with a lot of front memory. He is one of the most successful captains of England of all time. In the last, if he win the county championship it would be a perfect finish of his successful career.
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