5 of the best Alastair Cook marathon knocks in Tests

Alastair Cook will retire from international cricket after the fifth Test at Oval against India.

294 vs. India, Birmingham, 2011
773 mins

294 remains Alastair Cook's highest Test score | Sam Bagnall-AMA-Corbis via Getty ImagesIndia had a torrid tour to England in 2011 despite coming into the series as the no.1 ranked Test team. The Indian team lost the four-match series 4-0 and one of the biggest reasons that India lost apart from the failure of their batsmen, was Alastair Cook and his captaincy.

Cook had a fairly lean series with the bat scoring 348 runs in 4 matches, but he saved his best for just one game at Birmingham. He scored a marathon 294 runs in 773 minutes or just close to 13 hours. He whipped India’s seamers through midwicket and glide them behind square on the offside effortlessly.

England scored 710/7d and Cook’s marathon innings came in 545 balls and he had hit 33 fours in his innings. This win took England to the pinnacle of Test rankings for the first and only time till date, toppling India in the process.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 04 Sep, 2018

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