ICC Hall of Fame
Cook
One of England’s greatest cricketers, Alastair Cook earned a name for his calm demeanor and unerring consistency at the top of the order in Test cricket, finishing his career as England’s highest run-scorer and century-maker in Test cricket.
Player Bio
Alastair Cook appeared destined for greatness the moment he walked into Test cricket, making a gritty half-century in India of all places on his debut Test innings and then going on to better it with an unbeaten hundred in the second innings. The rudimentary elements of that debut Test remained his greatest quality right through a long career that saw him play a record 159 consecutive Test matches.
Cook finished as England’s most prolific run-scorer and century-maker when he decided to draw curtains on his career at the age of 33, with over 12,000 Test runs in the bank. A major milestone in Cook’s remarkable Test career was the Ashes series in 2010-11, where he piled on 766 runs as England triumphed on Australian soil in an Ashes series for the first time in 24 years.
The captain of the under-19 team that reached the semi-finals in 2004, Cook also captained the Test and ODI team, leading the latter to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. Cook was conferred with a Knighthood in 2019. He was named in the ICC World Test XI in successive years between 2011 and 2013 and was also named captain of the Test XI in 2013, 2015 and 2016. He was also named the ICC Test Player of the Year in 2011 after his incredible series Down Under.