Alistair Cook

[Rajiv]

Surprised to see no thread on him What an performance from this 21 year old. Saturday was an all cricket day, and it was wonderful to see this guy bat He can tell Tresco to sit home He has 100s againt us, paks and aussies now..great future

[Gambit]

Re: Alistair Cook A throwback to the classical 70s 80s opener. Extremely dour and fairly solid. Tresco is still Eng's #1 opener IMO. If he comes back, Strauss should drop to 3.

[gator]

Re: Alistair Cook there was a thread...."Quality Opener - A rare breed."

[Ram]

Alistair Cook.... Wow ! Cook just hit his 6th century in 17 matches... Thats an amazing strike rate. This is what openers are for. Get big scores and set up the game. I guess if someone gets a hundered in his debut series in India , he has to be pretty talented. His technique is refrershingly uncomplicated. Looks like he has a long way to go...

[The Outsider]

Yeah, he has made a tremendous start to his career. England seem to have a lot of good batting talent coming up while there is hardly anyone in India. Role reversal from the last decade.

[Trichromatic]

Well played! Century after some rough innings and this time it's a big one - 150+. P.S. Merge thread 1, thread 2 with this thread.

[Cricket Tragic]

Make Vib a mod asap. :hitler:

[CSK Fanatic]

Well he will peak once again in his 30s, all quality bats do. I'm sure he will surpass Tendulkar's tally of total runs and centuries, he already is ahead if we compare him against Sachin at same age, same no. of matches. England plays alot of test cricket. He doesnt need to play till 40s. He has real chance in next 8yrs, maybe much early if he hit Dravid or Ponting like peak.

[Blue Panther]

Good innings from cook. Pathetic bowling , but cant take anything away from him.

[J P K]

FTB

[Params7]

3 days left, Cook will probably outscore India. Maybe go after Lara's record?

[Tiger80]

Surprised to see no thread on him What an performance from this 21 year old. Saturday was an all cricket day, and it was wonderful to see this guy bat He can tell Tresco to sit home He has 100s againt us, paks and aussies now..great future

He is 26 year old

[urbestfriend]

Make Vib a mod asap. :hitler:

If he becomes a mod, there will be hardly any threads except one big thread:giggle:

[rahuliverpool]

He is 26 year old

that post was dated 2006, when he was 21.

[yoda]

He is 26 year old

that post was dated 2006' date=' when he was 21.[/quote'] :giggle:

[CrazyCric]

If he keep like this then He can score more 100 in tests than sachin

[jusarrived]

not impressed . has some serious technical flaws

[Tiger80]

that post was dated 2006' date=' when he was 21.[/quote'] oops I never thought that 5 year old threads are still alive on this side .More of shocker to me than India's current batting form:omg:

[VRV Singh]

He will have a few English records by the time he is done career-wise. Still not totally sold on him and he's pretty dull but he's had quite a year..

[Trichromatic]

not impressed . has some serious technical flaws

Yes, his head falls across and quality bowlers can always utilize that. But there are very few good pacers in cricket now and once he settles down he can score big runs. Add to that he is a good player of spin bowling. If he was batting against strong bowling line-ups like Aussies of 2001-02/Waqar-Wasim/Donald-Pollock, then they would made him look like nothing in each and every inning of a series.