Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE (born 25 December 1984) is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who currently plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003. He played in a variety of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.

While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century. Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 Test runs, making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan, the West Indies and Bangladesh. He is also the only Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.

Personal information
Full name	Alastair Nathan Cook
Born	25 December 1984 (age 26) Gloucester Gloucesteshire, England
Nickname	Woody, Cooky, Chef, Golden Boy
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Opener
International information
National side	ENGLAND
Test debut	1 March 2006 v India
Last Test	7 June 2011 v Srilanka
ODI debut	28 June 2006 v  Srilanka
ODI shirt no.	26
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–present	Essex (squad no. 26)
2004–2007	MCC
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	67	26	142	75
Runs scored	5,465	858	10,772	2,486
Batting average	49.23	33.00	46.41	36.55
100s/50s	18/25	1/5	30/55	5/14
Top score	235*	102	235*	125
Balls bowled	6	–	270	18
Wickets	0	–	6	0
Bowling average	–	–	34.16	–
5 wickets in Innings	0	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	–	0	n/a
Best bowling	0/1	–	3/13	0/5
Catches/Stumpings	57/–	10/–	135/–	33/–

Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook