Well done Cooky!!

[bluewolf]

Well done Alastair. 23rd test ton and he does it in India. Fantastic play young man.

 

[Piece]

Plus one. :thup:

 

[fundy]

Been a top innings but India been pretty awful, Cook was always likely to punish Pujara for dropping him (had 17 at the time i think)

 

[bluewolf]

Yeah. I've been surprised at how fragile India are. Put them under a bit of pressure and they struggle. A bit like England a few years ago. I should probably shut up now as India will likely prove me completely wrong.

 

[fundy]

Yeah. I've been surprised at how fragile India are. Put them under a bit of pressure and they struggle. A bit like England a few years ago. I should probably shut up now as India will likely prove me completely wrong.

Theyre not a particularly good side, got a variety of over over the hill (Tendulkar, Zaheer and Sehwag heading that way), out of form (Kohli, Gambhir), not good enough (Yuvraj, Ishant) and 2 pretty ordinary spinners by there standards. Pujara gonna be a cracking player and Dhoni still decent when he can be bothered but they seem to have little appetite for test matches and doesnt appear to be the best of team spirits either. That said conditions can still be a great leveller and England still got plenty to do to win the series

 

[Bucket92]

Cook's scored 7000 runs and scored 23 hundreds at the same age (27) that Strauss started playing tests. Unbelievable.

 

[Jon321]

Amazing player. Pretty sure he will go on to break all the batting records there is.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Great performance and he is still to hit his prime. Great that England are being competitive overseas

 

[richart]

Why does he not sweat under a helmet in Indian heat ?

Fantastic achievement, and assuming he stays fit no reason to suppose he can not go onto get somewhere near 40 tons, and 12,000 plus runs.

 

[Dellboy]

What a daft way to give your wicket away but even so young man, well played.