Alistair Cook retires

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:19 pm

— 160 Tests
— 12,254 runs
— 32 hundreds
— 56 fifties
— 173 catches
— 4 Ashes series wins
— 1 Alastair Cook

Superb player for England over the years. I will never forget him batting for days on end in the ashes series down under for us to bring the Urn home.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:25 pm

Great batsman and captain for England. Enjoy your retirement with your family down on the farm.

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:26 pm

From all forms of cricket? With immediate effect?

Who on earth is going to open now?

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:26 pm

Well played sir.

I'm sure he'd have hoped England had another established opener at the point he retired. As it is, we are left trying to find two of them.

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:31 pm

A good decision from an outstanding cricketer, it's the right time to go and he knows it. One of England's best ever run gatherers.

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:34 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:— 160 Tests
— 12,254 runs
— 32 hundreds
— 56 fifties
— 173 catches
— 4 Ashes series wins
— 1 Alastair Cook

Superb player for England over the years. I will never forget him batting for days on end in the ashes series down under for us to bring the Urn home.

There will be people on here complaining he never took enough wickets

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:51 pm

Great player.
Made batting against top class bowlers look easy sometimes.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:09 pm

Foulthrow wrote:From all forms of cricket? With immediate effect?

Who on earth is going to open now?

He’s playing for Essex next season.

He’s been a great player for sure. He doesn’t warrant a place in the team with his form over the last year though. It’s for the best.

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:15 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:He’s playing for Essex next season.

He’s been a great player for sure. He doesn’t warrant a place in the team with his form over the last year though. It’s for the best.

Are we just going to play with bowlers for the foreseeable then?

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:21 pm

Smashing player who has served us well for 13 years in, arguably, the most difficult position to bat.
He only had 9 ducks in 289 innings and his record speaks for itself.
He has not been himself this year and has obviously decided that now was the time to go after scoring just 209 runs in the series against India at an average of 29.86, however, he has gone out on the back of a winning series and good luck to him.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:23 pm

In Tests where Alastair Cook has opened the batting, his average is 44.38. The average for other openers in those Tests is 34.10.

We won't appreciate what we had until it's gone.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:23 pm

A fine batsman and slip fielder,he will take some replacing.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:58 pm

bfccrazy wrote:Are we just going to play with bowlers for the foreseeable then?

Would we notice a difference in most games?

Like it or not he’s scores over the past year don’t justify a place.
He’s not alone in that mind.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:11 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:He’s playing for Essex next season.

He’s been a great player for sure. He doesn’t warrant a place in the team with his form over the last year though. It’s for the best.

County bowlers will be pleased,he'll pile up runs at that level.

The top players know when to bow out with grace,be typical of Cook to notch a century at the Oval now,his stats aren't brilliant recently but i'd have taken him to Sri Lanka purely because he's our best player of spin bowling,big shoes to fill for someone.

My favourite innings was the Ashes in Brisbane 2010/11 series England were under the cosh and he Strauss and Trott batted for nearly 2 full days to salvage a draw,psychologically this played a major part in England's series win..

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:07 pm

A series too many, in hindsight. Shame to end with such low scores.

Been fantastic opener and leaves behind....a batting shambles.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:15 pm

He is getting a lot of praise from his fellow cricketers and quite rightly

And virtually all of them are saying that you would find it difficult to find a nicer guy than Alastair Cook

What a cricketers and what a man!

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:35 pm

IanMcL wrote:A series too many, in hindsight. Shame to end with such low scores.

Been fantastic opener and leaves behind....a batting shambles.

Really???

He averaged 29 in a series that the ball was hooping around corners. Batted for an hour and a half for 17 in one which got described as poor. Any cricket captain would appreciate that immensely.

The real problem is we never got a partnership going at the top to protect the rest.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:37 pm

I don’t like to brag about it but I once shared a lift up Heron Tower in London with Alistair Cook and his wife. It was one of the most pleasant lift journeys I’ve ever had, made even more remarkable because I usually prefer the descent.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:47 pm

Rileybobs wrote:I don’t like to brag about it but I once shared a lift up Heron Tower in London with Alistair Cook and his wife. It was one of the most pleasant lift journeys I’ve ever had, made even more remarkable because I usually prefer the descent.

Don’t know why that cracked me up so much, I imagined it being said by a rather camp, posh, old gentleman I used to work with

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:52 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Really???

He averaged 29 in a series that the ball was hooping around corners. Batted for an hour and a half for 17 in one which got described as poor. Any cricket captain would appreciate that immensely.

The real problem is we never got a partnership going at the top to protect the rest.

None of the openers on either team have passed 50 throughout the series,the seam bowlers from both sides have used the new cherry and the helpful conditions to their advantage.

Racking my brains for an alternative opener Hameed would have been an obvious replacement,but he needs to find his form.

England could go back to Mark Stoneman but he's averaging less than 30 in the CC.

Jennings will likely survive for now,but he has to convert these 20's and 30's into half-centuries or bigger.

The only other name that comes to mind is Sam Robson but again he is only averaging 17 in the CC.

Just shows how bare the cupboard is for potential Test openers.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:57 pm

tiger76 wrote:None of the openers on either team have passed 50 throughout the series,the seam bowlers from both sides have used the new cherry and the helpful conditions to their advantage.

Racking my brains for an alternative opener Hameed would have been an obvious replacement,but he needs to find his form.

England could go back to Mark Stoneman but he's averaging less than 30 in the CC.

Jennings will likely survive for now,but he has to convert these 20's and 30's into half-centuries or
The only other name that comes to mind is Sam Robson but again he is only averaging 17 in the CC.

Just shows how bare the cupboard is for potential Test openers.

I think Burns at Surrey is next in line.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:25 pm

Fantastic batsman for England. Not much about to replace him by looks of it.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:02 pm

I'm down The Oval Friday (and Sunday). I'd love for us to win the toss and bat on Friday and Cook to get 50+, it'd be fitting.
He's not been in great form this year but been a great contributor to England's cause over the last 10 years or so. There's not really anybody obviously ready to knock him off his perch but clearly he's had enough and wants to get away from the limelight/pressure and play a season or two for Essex & chill out on the farm. Good luck to him.
He's a very decent man & made a good and timely decision here.

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:16 pm

LeadBelly wrote:I'm down The Oval Friday (and Sunday). I'd love for us to win the toss and bat on Friday and Cook to get 50+, it'd be fitting.
He's not been in great form this year but been a great contributor to England's cause over the last 10 years or so. There's not really anybody obviously ready to knock him off his perch but clearly he's had enough and wants to get away from the limelight/pressure and play a season or two for Essex & chill out on the farm. Good luck to him.
He's a very decent man & made a good and timely decision here.

Go and watch the selectors drop him for his last game

He has been brilliant for England and a true pro and goodness knows who our knew number 1 batsman and first slip will be.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:23 pm

I pray the day dawns when all cricketers retire, it is THE most boring sport on the planet, dull cannot describe it adequately. Horrific, smug, middle class commentry, rich kids who make up the slovenly unfunny barmy army, and...

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:37 pm

W E C -you've never liked it since one of the rough boys threw a "corkie" at you have you?
I'm not fond of The Barmy Army myself but cricket is a great game to watch and play. Very family friendly at club level too.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:51 pm

LeadBelly wrote:W E C -you've never liked it since one of the rough boys threw a "corkie" at you have you?
I'm not fond of The Barmy Army myself but cricket is a great game to watch and play. Very family friendly at club level too.

nice riposte, but sadly no rough boys ever donned pads and bat, just crashing bores.

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:02 am

LeadBelly wrote:W E C -you've never liked it since one of the rough boys threw a "corkie" at you have you?
I'm not fond of The Barmy Army myself but cricket is a great game to watch and play. Very family friendly at club level too.

Pity they missed

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:12 am

tybfc wrote:Pity they missed

Ahh, one of the Ali G stag -do types in person

Longsidelenny · Post by **Longsidelenny** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:03 pm

Herd lowerhouse are trying to signe him he might be working behind the bar in the not distance future

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:01 pm

Astonishing numbers. His run of consecutive test appearances perhaps the most impressive stat of all.
Well done Cookie.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:27 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:I think Burns at Surrey is next in line.

He's on course to score another hundred today and has passed 1,000 CC runs this season,so he is doing his prospects no harm.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:54 pm

Cookie will be around for some time yet https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45421586

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