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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Alastair Nathan Cook | |||
| Born | 25 December 1984 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | |||
| Nickname | Cooky, Chef | |||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | Opening Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut | 1 March 2006 v India | |||
| Last Test | 27 May 2010 v Bangladesh | |||
| ODI debut | 28 June 2006 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 5 March 2010 v Bangladesh | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 26 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2003–present | Essex (squad no. 26) | |||
| 2004–2007 | MCC | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 54 | 26 | 119 | 67 |
| Runs scored | 4,138 | 858 | 8,927 | 2,244 |
| Batting average | 44.97 | 33.00 | 45.54 | 36.78 |
| 100s/50s | 12/22 | 1/5 | 24/49 | 4/13 |
| Top score | 173 | 102 | 195 | 125 |
| Balls bowled | 6 | – | 222 | 18 |
| Wickets | 0 | – | 5 | 0 |
| Bowling average | – | – | 33.80 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0/1 | – | 3/13 | 0/5 |
| Catches/stumpings | 48/– | 10/– | 115/– | 30/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2010 | ||||
Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who currently plays county cricket for Essex and Test cricket for England. Cook played for Essex's Academy and quickly made his debut for the first XI in 2003. He similarly played in a variety of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.
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