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• Alastair Cook: prolific batsman with a choirboy smile and ruthless streak | Vic Marks

  03-09-2018 19:08 via theguardian.com
  England’s top run-scorer, who has announced his retirement from Test cricket, made sure it was the bowlers who sweatedAlastair Cook always gave the impression he was able to concentrate more easily than any of his peers. Once set he was, like most of the great batsmen, a predictable run-making machine. He did not sweat physically or metaphorically. He just got on with the job and was a wonderfully reassuring presence but his capacity to remain intensely focused yet relaxed at the crease ha
  
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• Alastair Cook's retirement a sad day for English cricket - Graham Gooch

  03-09-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England captain Graham Gooch says Alastair Cook's retirement is a 'sad day' for English cricket.
  
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• Alastair Cook net worth: How much is cricket star worth? Why did he retire from England?

  03-09-2018 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK will retire from international cricket after England’s fifth test against India - but how much is the cricket star worth? Find out Alastair Cook’s net worth here.
  
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• Tough runs under pressure: Alastair Cook’s best England Test innings

  03-09-2018 16:15 via theguardian.com
  From a century on debut, via a career-saving innings against Pakistan, to an Ashes series in which Australia became sick of the sight of him: the former captain’s best Test knocksYou just knew. It was not just that Alastair Cook scored a century on debut at the age of 21; it was the way he did it – calmly, methodically, and straight after a three-day trip from the England A tour of the Caribbean. It was clear Cook would score many more Test hundreds, not least because he knew his lim
  
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• Alastair Cook retires: Why England icon quitting is perfect timing for everyone

  03-09-2018 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  IT was never going to end with a tap on the shoulder or a quiet word in the ear from selectors reluctantly forced into giving him a nudge.
  
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• Key moments in Alastair Cook's record-breaking England career – video

  03-09-2018 15:55 via theguardian.com
  Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 33-year-old will make his last appearance for England in the final Test against India, which starts at the Oval on 7 September. Following Cook's announcement thousands have paid tribute to the batsman. Graham Gooch has described him as "the rock of England's batting" and a "great person as well as a great cricketer". Four-time Ashes-winner Cook passed Gooch's historical high of 8,900 Test runs jus
  
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• A look back at Alastair Cook's record-breaking England career – video

  03-09-2018 15:55 via theguardian.com
  Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 33-year-old will make his last appearance for England in the final Test against India, which starts at the Oval on 7 September. Following Cook's announcement thousands have paid tribute to the batsman. Graham Gooch has described him as "the rock of England's batting" and a "great person as well as a great cricketer". Four-time Ashes-winner Cook passed Gooch's historical high of 8,900 Test runs jus
  
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• County cricket talking points: Surrey sniff title after seventh straight win

  03-09-2018 13:53 via theguardian.com
  Surrey are flying ahead at the top of the table but, with a quarter of the season to play, the relegation battle is really opening upBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket Blog
  Surrey continued what is looking more and more like a relentless march to the title by swatting aside Nottinghamshire who, having asked Surrey to bat, barely took the match into a third day. The Forgotten Curran (Tom becoming Mark to Sam’s Steve) showed, on his first Championship match of the season, that he’s a
  
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• From 2006 to 2018: Alastair Cook's greatest Test innings – in pictures

  03-09-2018 13:32 via theguardian.com
  After Alastair Cook’s announcement that he is to retire from international cricket, we take a look back through his best innings in an England shirt Continue reading...
  
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• Alastair Cook RETIRES: England opener and Ashes hero to quit international cricket

  03-09-2018 12:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK has announced his retirement from international cricket after 12 years in the England team.
  
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• Alastair Cook retires from England duty, saying ‘there is nothing left in the tank’

  03-09-2018 12:58 via theguardian.com
  • England’s record run-scorer to stand down at 33 after 161 Tests
  • Cook will play fifth Test against India and continue for EssexAlastair Cook has called time on his record-breaking England career and will bow out at the end of the fifth Test with India after admitting “there is nothing left in the tank”.The 33-year-old will make his 161st and final Test appearance at the Oval from Friday – a match that sees Joe Root’s side having already taken the series
  
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• Alastair Cook retirement rumours circle as Agnew reveals ‘major announcement’ at 12pm

  03-09-2018 12:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  RUMOURS are circling online that Alastair Cook will retire from international cricket at midday.
  
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• England thriller proves more needs to be done to promote Test cricket | Andy Bull

  03-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The fourth Test win against India presented a rollercoaster ride for fans in the form that is the pinnacle of the gameLarge as the Ageas Bowl is, and loud as Sunday’s crowd were, Joe Root’s voice carried right across the outfield, “Jonny,” he said again. Down at third man, Jonny Bairstow turned and gave him a wave of his hand. “One second,” the gesture said. Bairstow had just stepped over the boundary rope between deliveries to talk to the children huddled beh
  
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• England v India: Test series victory sends a powerful message before the Ashes

  03-09-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  DESPITE England’s numerous flaws and issues this series victory against India, the world’s No1-ranked Test team, has sent a powerful message to Australia less than a year before the next Ashes.
  
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• Joe Root praises 'exceptional' England after series win over India – video

  03-09-2018 00:20 via theguardian.com
  Moeen Ali spun England to a 60-run victory over India in the fourth Test as the hosts sealed a series victory with a match to spare on Sunday. Set 245 for a series-levelling win, India were bowled out for 184 with Moeen taking four for 71 to go with the five wickets he took in India's first innings. India's last six wickets went down for 51 runs. England captain Joe Root praised his side's strength of character after they had slumped to 86-6 on day one. Speaking after their v
  
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