Alistair Cook, Bio

Born: 25th December, 1984

Country: England

County: Essex

While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century.

He came through the Essex Academy, representing Essex at all age levels and made his first-class debut in 2003, a summer when he scored 239 runs in six innings at an average of 47.

In 2003 he played for England Under-19s against South Africa and he was captain for the Under-19 World Cup in 2004. Cook took his side to the semi-finals, made back-to-back unbeaten hundreds – 108 each time – and opened the batting during that tournament.

Stats and Teams

Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Off-spin
Test Debut: India v England, Nagpur, March 1-5 2006
ODI Debut: England v Sri Lanka, Manchester, June 28, 2006
T20 Debut: England v West Indies, The Oval, June 28, 2007
England Test: 2005/2006-2010/2011
England ODI: 2006-2009/2010
England Int Twenty20: 2007-2009/2010
Essex Main FC: 2003-2010
Marylebone Cricket Club Main FC: 2004-2007
Essex Cricket Board Main List A: 2003
Essex Main List A: 2003-2010
Essex Main Twenty20: 2005-2010