Cook - 5000 Runs at Age 26 - how much more can he get

[Sachin=GOD]

:nono:There is only one beast in cricket.

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[jairamesh]

As well as Cook is playing, I think the ODIs will screw-up his game. Because he has built his success on patience and not playing shots, which is a contrast to what's required in today's one-day game. Hence it will be interesting to see how he goes in the next 12 months. But nevertheless Cook will be score tons of runs considering his age and technique, and he has scored runs against all opposition, home and more importantly away, unlike some other "greats". But will never consider him a great even if he scores 20,000 runs, because he is left-handed.

[daryl1985]

He is just an average players. He is no where near sehwag and gambhir.

He's a bit better than average mate. If someone is not as good as Sehwag or Gambhir it does not mean they are not a good player.

[ganeshran]

He is technically a wonderful player.. Very solid, maybe not a joy to watch, but still quite sold. He is like Kallis and Dravid IMO.

[gult]

I read somewhere on cricinfo that he's one of most consistent batsmen in scoring 50s.. So must be having great temperament.

[Cricket Tragic]

FYI, A Cook has been officially adopted by the Padosis who are now banking on him breaking the test record for runs and hundreds. He joins a decent group of batsmen like Lara, Ponting and Kallis. :yay::yay::yay:

[sarcastic]

As well as Cook is playing, I think the ODIs will screw-up his game. Because he has built his success on patience and not playing shots, which is a contrast to what's required in today's one-day game. Hence it will be interesting to see how he goes in the next 12 months. But nevertheless Cook will be score tons of runs considering his age and technique, and he has scored runs against all opposition, home and more importantly away, unlike some other "greats". But will never consider him a great even if he scores 20,000 runs, because he is left-handed.

Why is that?

[vvvslaxman]

He was averaging 42 prior to Ashes. Now 49. In 7 tests he has boosted the average by 7 runs. Has has scored over 1100 runs in the last 7 tests. Stunning feat. Sustaining such kind of form is very very hard. If he can manage it, Kudos to him.

[Ram]

He looks like the sort of batsmen who seems to score a bulk of his runs in spurts, followed by an extended dry spell. Already in his career, he has had 2 major form slumps that have been unrelated to injury. That does point to hidden/inherent deficiencies in technique. Plus, due to a combination of many factors, he plays most of his cricket on pitches that are too dissimilar to each other (England, Australia, NZ, South Africa etc.). I think England have toured India only twice since Cook made his debut. They wouldn’t go within a light year of Pakistan due to security issues. I am not entirely sure, but I cannot imagine England touring Lankan more than twice in the last 5-6 years. He did, however, help himself to some easy runs in B’desh though. But whatever you say, 5500 runs at the age of 26 is a staggering achievement. He could easily end up among the top 5 test run getters of all time.

[Serani]

Run machine, something england never seem to produce but we have a few now.

[vvvslaxman]

I am going to use 27 and below 27 as reference instead of 26 and below. This is the current record. Lot of guys hit their peak at 30. Let us see if cook can do that as well.

[vvvslaxman]

Also it helps when you play lot of tests when you are in good nick. Tendulkar hardly had any long test series when he was at his absolute best in the 90s. Cook in a matter of 5 years has played 67 tests. That is a lot. IN Tendulkar's case as you could see in his first 12 years he played only 82 tests that is less than 7 per year.

[Karan114]

^ Yeah. And that was despite Tendulkar not missing a single Test through injury for India till the 2001 series against Lanka. Tendulkar lost out on so many runs because of our low amount of Test cricket in the 90s.

[Cricket Tragic]

That is why I believe that Tendulkar's test record can be broken by another truly outstanding player. He would have to be bloody good but he doesn't have to make his debut at 16 like what most people say. Tendulkar didn't really benefit fully from making his debut so early. He played only 38 tests in his first 6 years.

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[zen]

Bradman, Sobers and Richards as expected!

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[Cricket Tragic]

Smith had a golden run in 2008 and the talk then was about he was the favourite to break the records. Still young enough to get a lot of runs but he looks awful when out of form (like Cook).

[Zelig]

Smith started his career as a leg side batsman, IIRC. But Cook has an overall play to his game and a better technique at it :agree:

[Chandan]

So Cook gets 6000 runs in his 75th match and apparently it is quicker than Sachin. Just can't believe Sachin averaged less than 50 in 75 matches. Anyone knows in which test did he score his 6000th run and how much did he average then? Also can anyone post Cook and Sachin's 1000 by 1000 record?