Alastair Cook – The highs and lows

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Alastair Cook ends his career as the sole Test opener to have scored over 10,000 runs. © 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

+ When he takes the field at the Oval, Cook will mark his 159th straight Test match for England—a record for the longest unbroken streak of appearances in the sport. Remarkably, the only game he ever missed was during his first series against India, when he was sidelined by a stomach virus.

+ He remains the only batsman in history to break the 10,000-run barrier specifically as an opener. Of his total 12,254 Test runs, a staggering 11,627 were scored while batting at the top of the order.

+ Cook's ability to build strong starts is legendary; he shares the world record for the most opening century partnerships (24) with fellow greats Jack Hobbs and Graeme Smith.

+ He made an immediate impact on the world stage, becoming one of only three cricketers to amass over 1,000 runs in their first calendar year, finishing 2006 with 1,013 runs.

+ His transition to leadership was flawless; he is the only captain in the history of the game to score a century in each of his first five Tests in charge.

+ One of his most grueling achievements was a massive 263 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi back in 2015. He spent 836 minutes at the crease, making it the third-longest innings by time ever recorded in Test history.

+ His final century, an unbeaten 244 at the MCG, holds the record for the highest score by a player who 'carried the bat' through the entire Test innings.

+ He leaves the game as England's most experienced player, holding the national records for total caps (160), most victories (66), most defeats (55), and the most matches as captain (59).

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