Alistair Cook does Twenty20
Something has clearly happened to Alistair Cook recently. Not content with a couple of quickfire half-centuries, he has now smashed 100 off only 57 balls against Surrey in the T20 Cup. That’s a strike rate of 175.43. For a player renowned for his sedateness at the crease, this is some achievement.
Centuries in T20 are relatively rare – the recent World T20 did not produce any. So, by way of comparison, here are the top T20 scores of some of the members of England’s squad:
- Ravi Bopara – 84
- Luke Wright – 103
- KP – 79
- Stuart Broad – 41
- Owais Shah – 79
- Dimi Mascarenhas – 57*
- Paul Collingwood – 79
- Eoin Morgan – 66
- Rob Key – 68*
- Graham Napier – 152*
So now you know the reason why England did not win the World T20: Alistair Cook.
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Comments (3)
Comment by Dave
26th June 2009, 12:58 am
The world’s turned upside down. It’s only a matter of time now before Collingwood gets clocked at 90mph.
Comment by Krish
26th June 2009, 5:23 pm
Good for Cook, but with the Ashes coming up soon, don’t know how this will help.
Comment by GoodCricketWicket
27th June 2009, 12:47 pm
Krish – at least it shows he’s in good form. Mostly it shows that we are wrong to assume he is only a test player.