Three Lions captain Cook became the first Englishman to reach 10,000 runs during the second innings of England’s nine wickets second Test win over Sri Lanka in Durham in Monday.
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Cook started the series needing 36 to reach 10,000 but made 16 at Headingley, 15 in the first innings here and looked set to have to wait until Lord’s next week before Sri Lanka made enough to force England to bat again.
England ended Sri Lanka’s resistance to win the second Test by nine wickets and complete a series victory. “It’s a very special moment for me”, said Cook afterwards.
Become a subscriber to the Trinidad Express Newspapers for access to all our articles via our vNEWS.. “We’re certainly still a work in progress”. “He should treasure it and to be the youngest to 10,000 runs in Test cricket is incredible”.
Former Essex player Nasser Hussain, who captained England for 45 Test matches between 1999 and 2003, believes the current skipper’s resilience is his greatest strength.
They included the aftermath of England’s 2013/14 Ashes defeat and the vexed departures of Cook’s fellow record-breaking batsman Kevin Pietersen and coach Andy Flower. “We’ve a long way to go before we reach our best or a way of playing the game that I think everyone would be happy with”. Anderson is England’s leading wicket-taker in Test cricket with 451, having surpassed Botham in early 2015.
The decision to move Dinesh Chandimal from four to six gave him a little bit more freedom.
“There were no demons in the wicket. But bowling on the flatter, spin-bowling wickets, we can keep it tight but we’ve got room for improvement in terms of taking wickets”.
England began with the new ball just four overs old and struck in the fifth over of the day when Siriwardana edged Anderson to gully to end a seventh-wicket stand of 92.
“We talked about bringing back the fight – the Sri Lankan fight that we’ve not had in the last couple of weeks”.
Chester-le-Street: Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the International Cricket Council said Tuesday, adding to their woes after they lost the Test series to England.
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“They’ve been awesome players for their country”. He was ruled out of the next match due of illness, but has not missed a Test since. He was dismissed for 16 runs in the first Test, and he got out on12 runs on the first day of the second Test. He successfully touched the landmark on the third day, slamming a boundary off Nuwan Pradeep’s ball.
