Alastair Cook ended a fanstastic international career with a fairystyle final innings on Monday at The Oval.
Cook scored 147 runs against India to finish with 12,472 test runs including 33 centuries. Cook finished fifth on the all-time list of most runs in Test cricket moving past Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara earlier in the day.
Alastair Cook Career Stats
| Format |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
HS |
Avg |
100 |
50 |
| Tests |
161 |
291 |
12472 |
294 |
45.35 |
33 |
57 |
| ODIs |
92 |
92 |
3204 |
137 |
36.41 |
5 |
19 |
| T20Is |
4 |
4 |
61 |
61 |
15.25 |
0 |
0 |
# Alastair Cook was born on December 25, 1984 in Gloucester, England.
# The left-hander hit an unbeaten 104 on his test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, and made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka the same year.
# Scored 766 runs in seven innings in the 2010-11 Ashes tour to seal England's first series win in Australia for 24 years.
# Made 294 against India in 2011, his highest test score, and was named the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test Cricketer of the Year.
# Succeeded Andrew Strauss as England ODI skipper in 2011 and as test captain in 2012.
# Scored his 23rd century in 2012, against India, to break the record for most test tons for England. Became the youngest to pass 7,000 test runs and was named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year.
# Led England to the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy, losing to India. He lost the one-day captaincy and a place in the 2015 World Cup squad due to poor form.
# Captained England to a 3-0 home Ashes win in 2013, but a 5-0 whitewash Down Under led to criticism of his captaincy.
# Passed Graham Gooch's 8,900-run tally during the 2015 series against New Zealand to become England's leading run scorer in tests.
# Led England to a surprise 3-2 Ashes win in 2015, and was named captain of the ICC's test team of the year.
# Ended 2015 as the year's third-highest test run scorer with 1,364 at an average of 54.56.
# In 2016, became the first English batsman and 12th player from any country to score 10,000 runs in test matches.
# Stepped down as England test captain in February, 2017 after a 4-0 series loss in India at the end of 2016.
# Led England in 59 tests, more than any of his predecessors.
# Is England's most prolific test batsman, with 12,472 runs in 161 matches. Became the fifth-highest scorer in the format on Monday, overtaking Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (12,400).
# Announced last week that he would retire after the fifth test against India at The Oval. After scoring 71 in the first innings, he signed off in style with 147 in his final knock.
