Cook shows class with memorable knock

NEW DELHI: England captain Alastair Cook came up with one of the most memorable knocks by an overseas player on Indian soil in the first Test at Motera in Ahmedabad.

After India enforced the follow-on, Cook led the England fightback with a brilliant 176-run knock that saved the embarrassment of an innings defeat for the visitors.

Cook was the second youngest after Sachin Tendulkar to reach 5,000 Test runs at age 26. He has Test hundreds in Perth (versus both Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath), Durban, Galle, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Nagpur and now Ahmedabad.

Except in New Zealand and the UAE, Cook averages more than 40 in other countries.

If his 766 runs in the historic Test series win Down Under in 2010-11 are mind-boggling, Cook scored his second consecutive hundred on Sunday following on in as many attempts (the previous one was the 118 in Galle 2007 in a rain-curtailed draw).

Cook also hit 294 against India in the Birmingham Test last year, batting for 773 minutes.

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