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England’s batsman Alastair Cook has become the sixth batsman to reach 12,000 Test runs milestone as England battled to save the fifth Test. The 33-year-old, who is currently playing his 152nd test match - joins an elite quintet of Sachin Tendulkar (15,291), Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289), Rahul Dravid (13,288) and Kumar Sangakkara (12,400). The right-handed batsman becomes the first Englishman to achieve this milestone with a single off his pads after lunch on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes test at Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. The records keep on coming for Alastair Cook 🙌 What a moment as the England opener brings up 12,000 Test runs to a standing ovation at the SCG 👌 Stunning effort over the years 👏 #ItsTheAshes #Ashes pic.twitter.com/kt0Qmwq8Fz — The Ashes on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) 7 January 2018 Cook received an ovation from the fans after reaching the milestone in the third over of England’s second innings.

England Test skipper Alastair Cook and their head coach Trevor Bayliss confident of putting in good performances to beat Pakistan in the UAE. England to face Pakistan in a three-match Test series starting on October 13. Cook, 30, admitted that the three Test-match series will be a challenging and he is confident that his young side can bring a victory over Pakistan. "We have got a young and exciting side and we are very clear in our mind how hard it is going to be and what a challenge it is,” said the Essex player. "It is warm, something we have to get accustomed to, so the first two training sessions tend to be hard work. That's part of the conditions we've got to face. Pakistan are probably a bit more used to it than we are, but we'll be fine. Just a bit of sweat, blood and tears for the first bit.” England suffered a 3-0 whitewash when the last time the two sides clash in the UAE in 2012. "Last series we probably should ha...

The skipper Alastair Cook became England's highest run-scorer in Test cricket after surpassing Graham Gooch's record of 8,900 runs. Most test centuries by Englishman. Quickest batsman to 8,000 Test runs.  112th Test in a row, and England record.  Cook, 30, achieved the landmark on his 114th test match in the afternoon session on day two of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley. The left-handed batsman, who made his debut in 2006, has played four fewer Test matches than his own mentor Gooch. Cook climbed up to 13th on the list of leading run-scorers in Test cricket, where India’s former batsman Sachin Tendulkar remains with 15,921 runs in 200 matches. Congratulations Alastair Cook !!! With age on his side you'd think he is only half way through his career.. Admire his courage !!!! — Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) May 30, 2015 30 yrs Old...Great achievement for Ali Cook.. As tough as they come and many more to follow playing like he is no...

England have announced their 15-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. The Left-handed batsman Eoin Morgan will lead the side in place of Alastair Cook, who was sacked from the captaincy on Friday following the miserable run of form. Alastair Cook, Harry Gurney and Ben Stokes has been dropped from the unit, while the experienced Stuart Broad, Joe Root, Ian Bell and James Anderson are all included for the World Cup. Here's the full squad release, including England's squad for #cwc15 & the England Lions squad. http://t.co/YdTeSBtVXo pic.twitter.com/zCrMVJLD5z — England Cricket (@ECB_cricket) December 20, 2014 England Squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, James Taylor, James Tredwell and Chris Woakes The World Cup 2015 gets underway on February 14. See, how twitter reacts after ECB confirmed ...

ECB have announced a 30-man provisional squad for the ICC World Cup 2015, which will be reduce to a squad of 15 at the end of December. Alastair Cook, 29, will remain the captain for the World Cup, despite his recent struggles at the ongoing series with Sri Lanka. Three uncapped players - Jack Brooks, James Vince and Jason Roy are included to the squad. However, Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott has been omitted from 30-man list. The ICC World Cup 2015 begins in Australia and New Zealand on February 14. England provisional World Cup squad : Alastair Cook (Essex) (Capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jack Brooks (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Craig Kieswetter (Som...

The former England all-rounder Kevin Pietersen has urged Alastair Cook to relinquish England's ODI captaincy following the team's eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka. The Essex county player was appointed as 50-over skipper in 2011, who has contributed just 22 runs as the tourists were bowled out for 185 in Colombo. As a result - The Three Lions have lost five of their previous six one-day internationals, which has provoked Pietersen urging the 29 year old to step down from the captaincy. Pietersen tweeted: Dear Alastair, if you care about England's chances this winter, pls resign and just concentrate on Test cricket... #getHalesin — Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) November 29, 2014 Cook has been in his worst form throughout this year, scoring just one fifty in his last 18 ODI games.

England ODI captain Alastair Cook will lead the England team for the ICC World Cup 2015, which starts in February next year, according to The Daily Mail . The 29-year-old’s position as captain came under scrutiny after loosing the recent home ODI series against India. Cook has captained in 63 ODIs for his country - scoring 3,085 runs at an average of 37.62. England to visit Sri Lanka for a seven ODI match series in November before heading to Australia for a tri-series that includes India before the 2015 World Cup.

England captain Andrew Strauss and his team mate Alastair Cook became the fifth partnership in Test history, by putting more than 5,000 runs together. 5,000 runs as partners in Tests: S Tendulkar/R Dravid (IND): 6,920 D Haynes/G Greenidge (WIS): 6,482 J Langer/M Hayden (AUS): 6,081 K Sangakkara/M Jayawardene (SRI): 5,444 A Strauss/A Cook (ENG): 5,085