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Alastair Cook stats

Data through 26 September 2023Last updated 26 September 2023

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 1 March 2006 to 26 September 2023. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2006 and 2023, Alastair Cook appears in 161 Tests, 91 ODIs, 4 T20Is for England in the Cricsheet data. In Tests Alastair Cook scored 12,472 runs in 291 innings (average 45.35, strike rate 47.0), including 33 hundreds and 57 fifties. Against West Indies in Tests, Alastair Cook averaged 57.97 over 35 innings.

International matches

256

Tests 161 · ODIs 91 · T20Is 4

International runs

15,737

38 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

30 runs

Best batting average (Test)

45.35

291 innings

Highest score

294

Test

Teams played for

England 2006–2018 · 256Essex 2014–2023 · 116

BattingBowling

Alastair Cook batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	161	291	16	12,472	294	45.35	26,562	47.0	33	57	9	1441	11
ODI	91	91	4	3,204	137	36.83	4,147	77.3	5	19	6	363	10
T20I	4	4	0	61	26	15.25	54	113.0	0	0	0	10	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	0	30	22	15.00	30	100.0	0	0	0	3	0
First-class	86	144	12	5,961	193	45.16	11,930	50.0	17	26	7	805	2
List A	28	28	3	1,306	133	52.24	1,499	87.1	4	7	0	163	1

Runs per year

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Alastair Cook: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2006	1,093
2007	1,350
2008	977
2009	997
2010	1,443
2011	1,527
2012	1,912
2013	1,476
2014	1,155
2015	1,507
2016	1,913
2017	2,202
2018	939
2019	1,117
2020	563
2021	1,061
2022	966
2023	836

Year-by-year batting (39 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2006	ODI	2	80	40.00	87.0	41	0	0
2006	Test	24	1013	46.05	44.2	127	4	3
2007	ODI	13	403	31.00	67.1	102	1	1
2007	T20I	2	24	12.00	96.0	15	0	0
2007	Test	21	923	43.95	48.4	118	3	5
2008	ODI	7	219	31.29	66.4	69	0	2
2008	Test	21	758	36.10	47.6	76	0	8
2009	T20I	2	37	18.50	127.6	26	0	0
2009	Test	24	960	45.71	48.4	160	3	4
2010	ODI	3	156	52.00	90.7	64	0	2
2010	Test	24	1287	58.50	54.8	235	5	4
2011	ODI	15	600	46.15	93.2	119	1	5
2011	Test	11	927	84.27	50.5	294	4	2
2012	ODI	15	663	47.36	80.0	137	3	3
2012	Test	29	1249	48.04	41.9	190	4	3
2013	ODI	16	560	35.00	75.2	78	0	5
2013	Test	27	916	33.93	42.5	130	2	6
2014	First-class	3	220	73.33	57.3	181	1	0
2014	ODI	20	523	27.53	71.3	56	0	1
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	22	22.00	104.8	22	0	0
2014	Test	13	390	32.50	43.5	95	0	3
2015	First-class	5	135	27.00	52.1	80	0	1
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	8	8.00	88.9	8	0	0
2015	Test	26	1364	54.56	43.7	263	3	8
2016	First-class	11	643	91.86	49.1	142	3	2
2016	Test	33	1270	42.33	51.9	130	2	7
2017	First-class	10	667	66.70	58.1	193	3	1
2017	List A	9	636	79.50	88.5	133	3	3
2017	Test	20	899	47.32	49.1	244	2	2
2018	First-class	11	412	37.45	54.9	96	0	4
2018	List A	1	11	11.00	50.0	11	0	0
2018	Test	18	516	28.67	44.1	147	1	2
2019	First-class	24	913	45.65	45.3	125	1	7
2019	List A	8	204	25.50	85.4	53	0	1
2020	First-class	11	563	56.30	55.1	172	2	1
2021	First-class	18	606	33.67	51.0	165	2	2
2021	List A	10	455	56.88	87.7	110	1	3
2022	First-class	25	966	42.00	44.0	145	4	2
2023	First-class	26	836	33.44	50.4	128	1	6

Alastair Cook bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	2	18	7	1	1/6	1/6	7.00	2.33	18.0	0	0	0
First-class	2	12	13	0	–	–	–	6.50	–	0	0	0

Wickets per year

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Alastair Cook: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	1
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0

Year-by-year bowling (4 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2008	Test	1	0	–	1.00	0/1
2014	Test	1	1	6.00	3.00	1/6
2021	First-class	1	0	–	5.00	0/5
2022	First-class	1	0	–	8.00	0/8

Alastair Cook against each team

vs India vs Australia vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs West Indies vs Pakistan vs New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	64	2493	40.21	47.1	244	5	11
India	Test	54	2431	47.67	45.2	294	7	9
West Indies	Test	35	1739	57.97	49.3	243	6	8
Pakistan	Test	36	1719	49.11	49.0	263	5	8
Sri Lanka	Test	28	1290	53.75	45.9	133	3	7
South Africa	Test	36	1263	35.08	44.0	118	2	9
New Zealand	Test	27	1047	38.78	44.4	162	3	4
Bangladesh	Test	11	490	49.00	59.1	173	2	1
India	ODI	27	822	31.62	77.1	102	1	6
Sri Lanka	ODI	22	809	40.45	75.0	119	1	4
New Zealand	ODI	13	464	35.69	75.0	78	0	4
Pakistan	ODI	4	323	80.75	89.0	137	2	1
Australia	ODI	10	319	31.90	76.3	58	0	1
West Indies	ODI	5	178	35.60	80.5	112	1	0
Bangladesh	ODI	3	156	52.00	90.7	64	0	2
South Africa	ODI	6	89	17.80	54.6	51	0	1
Somerset	First-class	15	942	67.29	50.6	172	3	5
Kent	First-class	13	710	64.55	50.5	125	2	4
Warwickshire	First-class	14	505	42.08	48.5	84	0	4
Worcestershire	First-class	8	501	71.57	49.1	142	2	2
Surrey	First-class	13	480	40.00	52.6	165	1	1
Middlesex	First-class	9	457	50.78	57.3	193	1	2
Hampshire	First-class	12	455	41.36	50.5	129	2	2
Derbyshire	First-class	5	384	76.80	55.7	181	1	2
Gloucestershire	First-class	8	361	51.57	52.2	145	2	0
Yorkshire	First-class	9	328	41.00	46.7	107	2	0
Nottinghamshire	First-class	9	315	39.38	43.9	99	0	2
Sussex	First-class	4	174	58.00	50.1	127	1	0
Northamptonshire	First-class	8	161	20.12	44.2	65	0	1
Lancashire	First-class	11	157	14.27	43.3	58	0	1
Durham	First-class	4	27	6.75	29.7	12	0	0
Kent	List A	3	184	92.00	86.0	77	0	3
Middlesex	List A	3	175	175.00	83.3	92	0	2
Sussex	List A	3	174	58.00	88.8	109	1	0
Gloucestershire	List A	3	150	50.00	87.7	127	1	0
Glamorgan	List A	3	145	48.33	89.5	68	0	1
Hampshire	List A	3	60	20.00	76.9	39	0	0

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
County Ground, Chelmsford	88	4186	52.99	193
Lord's	62	2514	41.90	172
Kennington Oval	43	1726	41.10	165
Edgbaston	30	1235	44.11	294
Old Trafford	22	1022	51.10	127
Headingley	26	917	35.27	130
Trent Bridge	29	816	30.22	99
The Rose Bowl	16	619	44.21	102
Zayed Cricket Stadium	5	603	120.60	263
Sophia Gardens	13	469	39.08	133

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Trent Bridge	1	1	6.00	3.00

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	75	64	117.2	4	–	–	–
T20	Middle	16	20	80.0	2	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	1585	2200	72.0	36	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	1561	1880	83.0	46	–	–	–
ODI	Death	58	67	86.6	5	–	–	–

How Alastair Cook was dismissed

Caught321 (61%)
Lbw107 (20%)
Bowled72 (14%)
Caught and bowled13 (2%)
Stumped7 (1%)
Run out5 (1%)

How Alastair Cook took wickets

Caught1

Last 20 innings

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Alastair Cook: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
4 May 2023	14
11 May 2023	13
11 May 2023	18
18 May 2023	72
18 May 2023	99
11 Jun 2023	128
11 Jun 2023	34
25 Jun 2023	9
25 Jun 2023	23
10 Jul 2023	11
10 Jul 2023	0
19 Jul 2023	87
25 Jul 2023	4
25 Jul 2023	4
4 Sep 2023	58
4 Sep 2023	84
19 Sep 2023	0
19 Sep 2023	16
26 Sep 2023	6
26 Sep 2023	6

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
26 Sep 2023	First-class	Northamptonshire	6	7	caught	County Ground, Northampton
26 Sep 2023	First-class	Northamptonshire	6	16	bowled	County Ground, Northampton
19 Sep 2023	First-class	Hampshire	16	38	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
19 Sep 2023	First-class	Hampshire	0	3	bowled	County Ground, Chelmsford
4 Sep 2023	First-class	Middlesex	84	178	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
4 Sep 2023	First-class	Middlesex	58	127	lbw	County Ground, Chelmsford
25 Jul 2023	First-class	Hampshire	4	7	caught	The Rose Bowl
25 Jul 2023	First-class	Hampshire	4	33	caught	The Rose Bowl
19 Jul 2023	First-class	Kent	87	176	lbw	County Ground, Chelmsford
10 Jul 2023	First-class	Lancashire	0	2	caught	Stanley Park
10 Jul 2023	First-class	Lancashire	11	30	caught	Stanley Park
25 Jun 2023	First-class	Warwickshire	23*	33	not out	County Ground, Chelmsford
25 Jun 2023	First-class	Warwickshire	9	18	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
11 Jun 2023	First-class	Somerset	34	60	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
11 Jun 2023	First-class	Somerset	128	244	lbw	County Ground, Chelmsford
18 May 2023	First-class	Nottinghamshire	99	228	caught	Trent Bridge
18 May 2023	First-class	Nottinghamshire	72	124	caught	Trent Bridge
11 May 2023	First-class	Warwickshire	18	42	lbw	Edgbaston
11 May 2023	First-class	Warwickshire	13	19	lbw	Edgbaston
4 May 2023	First-class	Surrey	14	36	bowled	County Ground, Chelmsford

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Alastair Cook faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Alastair Cook scored in Tests?

12,472 runs in 291 innings (161 matches) at an average of 45.35 and a strike rate of 47.0, in the data from 2006 to 2018.

How many runs has Alastair Cook scored in ODIs?

3,204 runs in 91 innings (91 matches) at an average of 36.83 and a strike rate of 77.3, in the data from 2006 to 2014.

How many runs has Alastair Cook scored in T20Is?

61 runs in 4 innings (4 matches) at an average of 15.25 and a strike rate of 113.0, in the data from 2007 to 2009.

What is Alastair Cook's highest score?

294 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Alastair Cook scored?

59 hundreds in the data: 33 in Tests, 5 in ODIs, 17 in first-class, 4 in List A.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.