Alastair Cook

The {1984 December 25} born left-handed opening batsman, he is English cricket and the England test, and Allah Nathan Cook MBE - The captain of the International team work, and the county cricket for Essex. Cook and he was playing on the test side Essexs Academy in 2006 to call their youth team in 2000 in a variety of Englands first XI debut in 2003 playing. 

During his debut with the national team was called to the British in India in the last minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick century ECB National Academy tour of the West Indies cuisine. He is making a century in the first test run of his debut, the test match in Bangladesh India Pakistan West Indies, at the age of 21 years 1500 2000 3000 4000 a young Englishman to reach 1,000 and 5,000 runs batted in and a virgin of his own became. 

Cook century is the lack of criticism throughout the 2008 run was a huge mess, even though; He had a series of seven, including the last wicket haul himself the 2009 Ashes series win to seal the first victory for Englands ruler since 1934 as well as those of two centuries as Australia replied with a score of 95 in 2009. After taking a break to keep the captain's armband on a full-time ODI captain ? 2010 deputizing and after a test by the British, including the Cook's second highest number of runs in the Test series 2010-11 Ashes series to record another record more than 35 hours maiden first-class double-hundred-back batting for his series had an important role. 

He was appointed captain of the Test team on Page 29 2012 ? 8 ? view fellow opener Andrew Strauss and Cook retired after he said the trip to the land of India Test series victory 1984-85.During first broke the British record of most Test centuries this claim was first captained England in 23 and scored five plays his first test century each. 28 days in December 2013 Alastair Cook became the youngest to complete 21 days young running tests Sachin Tendulkar is 8000. 

Was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire {MBE} on life and education in 2011's birthday Honours.Early Cook: 
Alastair Cook was born in Gloucester in the UK to play a mixed Anglo-Welsh is one of the few players heritage; Graham is the only one in town, but cricketer.Cook a BT engineer keen musician from his father while his mother Stephanie Swansea teacher. He is at the age of eight, he learned the clarinet, and has also joined the school of St. Pauls Cathedral in London to a private school that is connected to the same board and the cathedral choir conductor in accordance with the strict rehearsal schedule while learning the clarinet. 

Claimed the amount of focus and concentration necessary to maintain the practice during regular school hours later to blow his help Cook. During his summer vacation, he at the age of 11 years he played for his team in the first adult tooth XI cricket in moldeun Cricket Club, already. He now has sporadically for them for an average of 168 in his last seven years in an honorary life membership in the club. 

He also boarder.While to be educated in Bedford he also learned to play the piano and saxophone.However for boys in the town of Bedford County in bed try putting the Bedford School music scholarship to 13-year-old chef is feeling him music was soon eclipsed when the school was given an independent come play for Bedford cricket club XI Merrill is {MCC}. was a short man, a draft of a new 14-year-old boy in his school play for visiting teams writing; Cook has written a century. 

Over the next four years, a total of 4396 runs this, he was president of the 17th century, as well as music director Jeremy society in Boris Farrell cricket team in his last year at an average of captaining 87.90 double hundred records. Not in Bedford in 2003 he turned to take his last year of school work, double the average of 160.87, including hundreds of school there.In 1287 he also scored for the old GCSEs in his time three A- level Cook gained international success Lift HM return to the game's ultimate XI.After old Bedford 2008, boys playing in Essex in the UK launched its call appearance is significantly reduced in the group of record.After their championship years he to their expansion in Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 141.3.Similarly topped once again appeared to be only average in his five innings this season, topping the average of hundreds, with the highest score of 91 out of 148 appeared in three games, and only two fifty different mean he only score one Twenty20 cup appearance alone runs.In old only scored against the sex of the 2007 season was the average of the first level, but their appearance in the hundreds of years old, 58.8, and opposite it a duck and five of his game 38.4 showed similar activity of ducks in the Provident friend} {C & G Trophy century before / while the average. I saw the look out one of the tournament scoring 81 before being relegated to Cook Totesport / Pro40 champions over again. They cook three County Championship matches only disappointment in one or more of the average 36.16 each tournament in order to participate in the game in one inning and 11 runs offer their international commitments, but for two tournament.Despite management sector and Cook won promotion the following season when you were given three matches, including a high contribution to 45.3 in the last ruler in the second to seal the 15 day Cook Trophy Twenty20 match in his off time of day series in South Africa prefer the FP Trophy. 

2009 English season, where the test has joined Cook on tour match on sex, and even though the initial team for the West Indies Test series unveiled. He scored 76 against Kent sekseuyi not he (a) in the county championship, depending on the force, but in the second innings to help his team score is slowed by pressing the test series 4 released sex victory.Before out rain stopped the match losing omitted from the daily to the side, leaving him free sex games by 192 runs.After Cook second innings before the test series. He joined them in a bid to defend 124 runs partnership for Lancashire Varun Chopras 65 matches to get the place half final.He not recreate the magic of the semi-final in the same foresight that his friend and his team trophy the team was eliminated in the same position .FP trophy after being caught in three days after the team lost running catch by Sajid Mahmood reported 67 runs in the Twenty20 cup team is headed well. Making only his fourth tournament appearance since smashed 80 off 56 balls as part of a futile effort for 2005 Kent Cooke ratio was off. Cook said he thought, but a long way from sex shine in England partner Bopara cook their books, one goal in four games into the top 49 sex mean table.Despite spirit of the 60 run partnership with Bopara days later to make up the international team . They have done it before frost Join crushed by personnel of the remains of his last performance with the Cook innings, holding his bat and Cook scored a century in 57 balls without Bopara team knocked out after two consecutive losses. 

International career: 
{2000-2006} youth cricket: 
Cook was in hayeotgi their tour of South Africa.After enough responsibility batting bowling later decided Samit Patel, Cook Cook's U15 World Cup was the first taste of playing international cricket for England on 19 March 2000 in the team, he was called by a group stage Super League stage, including each of the past cooperation unbeaten century was the U19 World Cup in the West Indies next year 2004.His first call of duty appointed captain of the England team is in India where Zealandand also taking a day series by Patel for New the banggeulradesieul the U19 test win before claiming them through there in the semi-finals of the west Indies.He continued through the final winners Pakistan before falling short of the 87 and 100% win record continues. Kevin Pietersen is Cook.After Sri Lanka he was the inspiration for some of you will be called to replace the main team, leaving the place to the domestic season tour in the UK in 2005 with 19 teams and Andrew Flintoff under ECB National Academy cut short his career but he's 2 He scored 101 in terms of what the game has to stop anti euroyi team fly to Pakistan to cover the knees injury.After Michael Vaughans are not in the first XI travel to the West Indies with the Academy and again before the new year using youth cricket Cook it was essential to consolidate their position in the home series opener for South Africa tasted the frustration of the 2009 ashes in Cook.With go before. He recognized only one missing in the run.Cook: get the test first chef looked back through the fifth day in the Lords as a pitcher with the wicket of Cook line before the high team score (60) to be laid on their way to a comfortable half-century one innings of each test between fifty and a hundred average haneungeot made ??significant series 47. 

Cook again, and this was his Twenty20 - all home series for South Africa, as well as the character of the poor UK performance saw him eventually called the fifth most found in one omitted from the Indian team in the away series finals Mumbai.When after the terrorist attacks of each game, one test innings half-century cook continued notch, but got a brilliant opening partner Strausss century.