List of international cricket centuries by Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook in April 2006
Alastair Cook has scored 38 centuries for England.[1]

Sir Alastair Cook is a retired English cricketer and former captain of the England cricket team.[2] He scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 33 and 5 occasions respectively.[3][4] In a career that spanned from 2006 to 2018, he played 161 Tests and 92 ODIs for England, scoring 12,472 and 3,204 runs respectively. He is the joint youngest batsman to score 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket,[2][5] and has scored the most Test runs as an opening batsman.[6] Cook was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[7] In 2011, the International Cricket Council (ICC) selected him as their Test Player of the Year.[8] Wisden named him as one of their cricketers of the year in 2012.[9]

Cook made his Test debut against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur in 2006. He became the sixteenth English cricketer to score a century on Test debut when he scored 104 in the second innings.[10][11] His score of 294, against the same team at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, in 2011, is the sixth highest total by an English batsman in Test cricket.[12] Cook has scored Test centuries at 24 cricket grounds, including 17 outside England.[13][14] He has scored centuries against all eight Test opponents the team has played and scored the most centuries (seven) against India. In May 2015, Cook became England's all-time leading run scorer in Tests, when he went past Graham Gooch's tally of 8900 runs. As of September 2018, he ranks equal tenth among players with most Test centuries,[15] and top of the equivalent list for England.[16] His 38 centuries across all formats is the highest by an English cricketer.

Cook made his ODI debut in 2006 against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford, Manchester.[17] His first century came against India at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, in August 2007.[18] His highest score of 137 runs was made against Pakistan at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, in 2011.[4] Cook played four Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2007 and 2009, without scoring a century.[19]

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  3. ^ "Records – Test records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Records – ODI records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Alastair Cook: England captain passes 10,000 Test runs - youngest in history". BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Yasir takes five as Pakistan take control". ESPN cricinfo. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Cook and Broad honoured | England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the ECB". www.ecb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. ^ ESPNcricinfo Staff (12 September 2011). "ICC awards 2011 – Alastair Cook is Test Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Wisden – 2012 five cricketers of the year". Wisden. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Records – Test Matches – Batting Records – Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  11. ^ "England in India Test Series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Record – Test matches – Batting record – Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Test centuries scored by Alastair Cook – by ground". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Alastair Cook – Centuries at venues outside England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for England". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  17. ^ "NatWest Series – Sri Lanka in England – 4th match". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  18. ^ "NatWest Series – India in England – 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  19. ^ "Statistics – Statsguru – Alastair Cook – Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

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