...Cook sits back and contemplates his good fortune in being the Test specialist chosen in England's Twenty20 squad for the most lucrative match in cricket history. 'Sometimes you get lucky in life, don't you?' says a man who is set to earn around £150,000 for...
...former England batsman Derek Randall. Cook remains, arguably, the most prolific English schoolboy opening batsman of all time. Cook has just returned to Bedford School to captain a 'dream team' of old boys against the school to help celebrate the final term...
...musician, who can sing and play three instruments, a skill that has finally found a professional outlet. Hidden depths: Alastair Cook has recently contributed a saxophone solo for a BBC children's TV show While other England players were numbering their batting...
...Alastair Cook claims England should now be able to finish off New Zealand in the second Test in Wellington. The tourists are favourites to complete a series-levelling victory having reached the close of the third day 421 runs ahead on 277 for nine in their...
...Alastair Cook claims England should now be able to finish off New Zealand in the second Test in Wellington. The tourists are favourites to complete a series-levelling victory having reached the close of the third day 421 runs ahead on 277 for nine in their...
...Cook appears determined to prove he can make the transformation from chorister to rock'n'roller. Cook has never been comfortable with the references to his choirboy days at Bedford School but they seemed to suit his serene temperament and angelic technique...
...would be far too easy to compare Alastair Cook's new autobiography with his batting: determined and dependable, with the odd thrill. But sadly, it isn't even that. For determined, read drab; for dependable, "dreary"; and as for the odd thrill, er, Cook had...
...2-1. England resumed on 0-0 chasing 197, and after two scoring shots in the first 40 minutes Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook compiled their highest stand, 123. Cook hit 12 fours in a fluent 67, but Ian Bell made only four and three balls later Strauss (58)...
...Sri Lanka 499-8 dec drew with England 81 all out & 251-6 Cook maintained his composure superbly to bat through day five Alastair Cook recorded England's first century of the series as the tourists salvaged a draw in the final Test against Sri Lanka. But...
...Cook is not the sort of batsman to empty bars. Even his closest friends would admit there are more pleasurable cricketing experiences than watching him bat for an entire day. But even now, after just 24 Test appearances, Cook is being tipped by many to overtake...