Alastair Cook to retire from international cricket after test series against India

[sandsaims]

Well done to Cook on a great career, ATG opener. He retires at 33 while we have batsmen making a comeback at 33. Sad reality.

[Jimmy Cliff]

 

[Wall2018]

Can India rope him as a batting coach??

[Cricketics]

Class player, one of the best players to visit India and dominate in India right from his debut.

 

His game dropped recently but that shouldn’t take away anythingn from a sublime career he had.

 

One of the game’s top player of this era.

 

[Vilander]

11 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

So I guess, we are going to lose the next test as well because we Indians have the habit of gifting...what better than a test ton and ending on a winning note. 

 

4-1 it is.

 

Hallelujah. 

 

 

 

Seriously man. Why so much negativity. Wow this is shitty.

[Vilander]

Great player. 

[SK_IH]

First and last test test against Ind, fittingly a team he enjoyed great success against.

[beetle]

Respect players who decide to retire when they see the writing on the wall instead of hanging around for as long as possible.

[Number]

Cook retires at the age of 33 to give chances to youngsters.

While our dumb phuk selectors are giving chances to 33 yr old Rayudu. 

Edited September 4, 2018 by Number

[G_B_]

was never really the same after Strauss called quits.

[Adi BB]

Solid career for the lad ,he was one of the few English players who was mentally strong. I feared those long innings from cook in India,still haunts me .

But the sad part is in the last few years his batting took a massive dip and that average went downhill from 48 to 44 odd now but still his away average is magnificent .his only blemish might be his ability to bat against genuine classy pacers,he always struggled especially against left arm seamers 

A great opener and a legendary English player 

[abc]

On 9/3/2018 at 1:45 PM, sarcastic said:

Keep it up Cook for an outstanding career!!! You even threatened the great SRT's records once creating furores in some Sachin Bhakts. 

 

Have a good career/retirement life outside cricket! 

He might as well have broken Sachin's test records, if he hero worship in England had been as bad as in India - who knows what he might have achieved if he had been allowed to be a passenger with occasional contributions till the ripe old age of 40. I suspect he would have found good patches of form in easier conditions yet, but I doubt he is the type who would hang on for Sachin/Kapil Dev-type embarrassingly long times in the team as a deadweight carried by his teammates.

Edited September 4, 2018 by abc

[mishra]

Want him to score a hundred or  even go on to score a double hundred in his last inning.

Will miss his so called "boring cricket." In fact allready feeling sad

[Lala]

Great test player. Wow 12000+ runs. Thanks Ashes 

[LordPrabhzy]

On 9/3/2018 at 12:21 PM, LordPrabhzy said:

Wonderful Wonderful player. The writing was on the wall when he smashed a ton on debut against India in 2006, I knew he was going to become an ATG for England.

 

Dont think any England player will ever come close to his stats. Not even Root probably.

 

I hope he hits a farewell century at the Oval. will be a great send off for a legend. Best of luck Cooky! 

Well well well

[Rasgulla]

Biggest match winner for England, Won them series in India and then we got fake so legends like sachin 

 

Cook retiring when he us scoring 100s and winning them matches. If that was sachin he Would have stayed for 10 more years. 

Edited September 10, 2018 by Rasgulla

[Shunya]

[Vilander]

17 minutes ago, Shunya said:

always poignant to see greats get a farewell -- how they earned it. Great story.

[velu]

33rd test century gifted by chepu  

[Shunya]

20 minutes ago, Vilander said:

always poignant to see greats get a farewell -- how they earned it. Great story.

This finale was stuff of legends. You could see it the way crowd and all players from both sides were all into it. Such an awesome moment for England fans.