Alastair Cook playing for England at Trent Bridge in the Third Test match of 2018 summer series
against India. England won the series 4-1 against the world's number 1 ranked team,
but lost the game in Nottingham ! Alastair did not shine until the last game, at the Oval, his last game
for his Country, where he scored 71 and 147 - his 33rd Test century. Ending his International career
as England's highest scoring batsman.
| |
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st |
2nd |
Ct |
Result |
| |
01/03/06 |
1 |
Nagpur |
60 |
104* |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| |
09/03/06 |
2 |
Mohali |
17 |
2 |
0 |
lost by 9 wickets |
| |
19/07/07 |
1 |
Lord's |
36 |
17 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| |
27/07/07 |
2 |
Nottingham |
43 |
23 |
2 |
lost by 7 wickets |
| |
09/08/07 |
3 |
The Oval |
61 |
43 |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| |
11/12/08 |
1 |
Chennai |
52 |
9 |
0 |
lost by 6 wickets |
| |
19/12/08 |
2 |
Mohali |
50 |
10 |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| |
21/07/11 |
1 |
Lord's |
12 |
1 |
0 |
won by 196 runs |
| |
29/07/11 |
2 |
Nottingham |
2 |
5 |
2 |
won by 319 runs |
| |
10/08/11 |
3 |
Birmingham |
294 |
- |
1 |
won by an inns & 242 runs |
| |
18/08/11 |
4 |
The Oval |
34 |
- |
2 |
won by an inns & 8 runs |
| * |
15/11/12 |
1 |
Ahmedabad |
41 |
176 |
0 |
lost by 9 wickets |
| * |
23/11/12 |
2 |
Mumbai |
122 |
18* |
0 |
won by 10 wickets |
| * |
05/09/12 |
3 |
Kolkata |
190 |
1 |
2 |
won by 7 wickets |
| * |
13/12/12 |
4 |
Nagpur |
1 |
13 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| * |
09/07/14 |
1 |
Nottingham |
5 |
- |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| * |
17/07/14 |
2 |
Lord's |
10 |
22 |
3 |
lost by 95 runs |
| * |
27/07/14 |
3 |
Southampton |
95 |
70* |
2 |
won by 266 runs |
| * |
07/08/14 |
4 |
Manchester |
17 |
- |
2 |
won by an inns & 54 runs |
| * |
15/08/14 |
5 |
The Oval |
79 |
- |
2 |
won by an inns & 244 runs |
| * |
9/11/16 |
1 |
Rajkot |
21 |
130 |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| * |
17/11/16 |
2 |
Visakhapatnam |
2 |
54 |
1 |
lost by 246 runs |
| * |
26/11/16 |
3 |
Mohali |
27 |
12 |
0 |
lost by 8 wickets |
| * |
08/12/16 |
4 |
Mumbai |
46 |
18 |
0 |
lost by an inns & 36 runs |
| * |
16/12/16 |
5 |
Chennai |
10 |
49 |
1 |
lost by an inns & 75 runs |
| |
01/08/18 |
1 |
Birmingham |
13 |
0 |
1 |
won by 31 runs |
| |
09/08/18 |
2 |
Lord's |
21 |
- |
1 |
won by innings and 159 runs |
| |
18/08/18 |
3 |
Nottingham |
29 |
17 |
4 |
lost by 203 runs |
| |
30/08/18 |
4 |
Southampton |
17 |
12 |
5 |
won by 60 runs |
| |
07/09/18 |
5 |
The Oval |
71 |
147 |
2 |
won by 118 runs |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 30 |
2431 |
294 |
47.67 |
7 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
Complete Test career.
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 161 |
12,472 |
294 |
45.35 |
33 |
57 |
1 |
1/6 |
7.00
|
- |
175 |
Alastair Cook pictured playing against India at Edgbaston during the 2014 series. England
won the Test matches 3-1 but lost the one dayers, when this shot was taken.
Alastair Cook is pictured above during his record 294 at Edgbaston in August 2011. The bottom right hand
corner photo shows Cook saluting his 250 - the others show him in full flow hitting the ball to all parts of the ground.
Photographs George Herringshaw. ©