Alastair Cook – The highs and lows

Posted by Dafabet Sports on September 5, 2018

Cook retires as the only Test cricketer to score in excess of 10,000 runs as opener. © GettyMost runs by visiting batsman in Asia

Player Team Mat Inngs HS Avg 100s 50s
Alastair Cook Eng 28 55 263 53.14 9 11
Jacques Kallis RSA 25 44 173 55.62 8 8
Ricky Ponting Aus 28 48 150 41.98 5 10
Hashim Amla RSA 25 43 253* 47.67 7 5
S Chanderpaul WI 27 47 203* 48.68 4 8
 
Most runs between Dec 2010 and May 2013
Player Team Mat Inngs HS Avg 100s 50s
Alastair Cook Eng 44 76 294 56.55 16 9
Michael Clarke Aus 39 69 329* 55.97 11 11
Hashim Amla RSA 33 56 311* 66.50 13 13
Jonathan Trott Eng 42 73 226 49.12 8 16
Kumar Sangakkara SL 30 55 219 63.10 13 10

 

Cook’s poor runs in Test career
Period Mat Inngs Runs Avg Median HS 100s/50s
June 2013 – Sep 2014 17 31 899 29.97 17 95 0/9
Jun 2017 – present 20 36 1197 34.20 14 244* 2/3
Highest difference between away & home average in Ashes Tests
Player Team Tests Overall Avg Home Avg Away Avg Avg Diff
Bill Ponsford Aus 20 47.21 34.56 62.40 27.84
Steve Waugh Aus 46 58.18 47.48 74.23 26.74
Don Bradman Aus 37 89.79 78.47 102.85 24.38
Wally Hammond Eng 33 51.85 37.87 61.91 24.04
Mark Taylor Aus 33 42.31 31.45 52.80 21.35
Alastair Cook Eng 35 40.21 29.61 48.94 19.33
A few interesting stats nuggets from Cook’s Test career
+ The Oval Test will be Cook’s 159th consecutive appearance for England in Tests – the most ever by any player in succession. The only match he missed was in his maiden series against India due to a stomach bug.
+ Cook remains the only player to score in excess of 10,000 runs opening the batting. Out of his 12254 runs, 11627 runs have come while opening the innings.
+ Cook has been involved in 24 century partnerships for the first wicket – the joint most in Test cricket along side Jack Hobbs and Graeme Smith.
+ Cook is one of the three players to score 1000-plus runs in their debut calendar year. He scored 1013 runs in the year 2006.
+ He scored hundreds in each of his first five Tests as captain – the only player to do so.
+ His knock of 263 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2015 lasted 836 minutes – the third longest innings ever in terms of minutes batted in the history of Test cricket.
+ His last hundred – unbeaten 244 at the MCG – is the highest by any player carrying the bat in Test cricket.
+ He holds the England record for most Test caps (160), most wins (66), most losses (55) and most Tests leading them (59).

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