‘All at sea’: Alastair Cook says Sharma and India were baffled by positive England
Alastair Cook, the former England captain, has said India ‘weren’t sure where to turn or what to do’ halfway through the first Test
October 2023
Unassuming Alastair Cook exits quietly but his excellence speaks for itself
Vic Marks
‘It is not easy to say goodbye’: Alastair Cook retires from cricket
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A look back at Alastair Cook's record-breaking career – video report
Sportblog
County Championship 2023 awards: the last word on the season
April 2022
99.94 cricket blog
County cricket talking points: ‘April greentop’ theory does not reflect reality
Hampshire and Notts steal a march in Divisions One and Two respectively, with the only wins of the opening week
October 2020
Guardian Sport Network
The five county cricketers of the year
Rather like a longer established list, a player may only be named as a County Cricketer of the Year once.
September 2020
Alastair Cook hits stylish century for Essex before Somerset fight back
Alastair Cook made a glorious 172 before a late Somerset fightback left the Bob Willis Trophy final intriguingly poised with Essex on 271 for 6, 30 runs behind
July 2020
The Guardian view on cricket: an unexpected renaissance?
Editorial: A compelling Test series, the popularity of Ben Stokes and the return of the village game suggest that all is not lost for English cricket
March 2020
Alastair Cook says cancelling County Championship may be best option
The Essex batsman says condensed campaign would be less ‘meaningful’ than a full-length competition
September 2019
Alastair Cook: ‘Steve Smith is redefining what is possible as a batsman’
The former England captain on Australia’s ‘freak’ run machine, the psychological battles all cricketers face and why less could be more for the future of Test cricket
May 2019
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County cricket talking points: Hampshire draw at Yorkshire to go top
Gary Ballance hit a century for Yorkshire but Hampshire dug in at Headingley to leapfrog Somerset at the top of the table
April 2019
‘I’ve played my last game for England’: Alastair Cook relishing county life
Alastair Cook says there is no chance of him making an England comeback despite starting the season with 150 against Cambridge University
March 2019
Alastair Cook makes it a knight’s tale with supreme century for Essex
The former England captain survived one scare on his way to 150 in his first match since he was knighted in the New Year’s Honours list
December 2018
99.94 cricket blog
Three memories of cricket in 2018
Following on from previous reminiscences in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Gary chooses some moments to savour from 2018
Tom Jenkins’s best sports photos of 2018
The Guardian and Observer sport photographer Tom Jenkins selects his favourite images from 2018 and recalls how each one was created
Alastair Cook leads list of sporting New Year honours with knighthood
Sportblog
Alastair Cook could be the latest in a list of unlikely cricketing knights
Emma John
Sportblog
BBC Sports Personality of the Year: who should win five top awards?
October 2018
Rory Burns ready for added scrutiny as he tries out to be an England opener
Rory Burns ready for added scrutiny as he tries out to be an England opener in the three-Test series against Sri Lanka
