Alastair Cook: Starting Out - My Story So Far
The early career of England's highest scoring batsman
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2010
Summary
Alastair Cook forced his way into the record books in 2006, becoming one of the few England players to score a hundred on debut. By going on to become the only Englishman to hit seven Test centuries before his twenty-third birthday, Alastair found himself in the company of the greatest players in cricketing history.
STARTING OUT is Alastair’s personal account of this speedy climb to stardom. Equally gifted at music, he opted for cricket as a schoolboy and the young left-hander broke r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444709780 |
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| ISBN-10: | 144470978X |
| Author: | Alastair Cook |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook was born in Gloucester in 1984. He scored his maiden first-class hundred, against Leicestershire at Chelmsford in 2004. In 2005 he scored a double-century for Essex against the touring Australians, as a result of which he was voted Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers’ Club.
After scoring a century on his England debut he continued to shine on the international stage, with consecutive centuries against Pakistan in 2006 cementing his place in the side for the Ashes. He was named Young Cricketer of the Year for the second time in 2006. In 2009, Alastair was part of the squad which reclaimed the Ashes.
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