Anderson followed up his 10-wicket haul in the first Test at Headingley by taking eight wickets in Chester-le-Street and took the man-of-the-match award as England claimed a nine-wicket win against Sri Lanka.
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There was a sense of deja vu when Sri Lanka were skittled out for only 101 in reply to 498-9 declared, but Dinesh Chandimal top scored with a magnificent 126 in a total of 475 second time around.
Monday’s nine-wicket success in the second Test at the Riverside gave England an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match campaign.
“A very special day, for me and for the side”, said Cook, who – at 31 years, 157 days – was 169 days quicker to the milestone than Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.
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Cook didn’t waste this golden opportunity and got the final five runs needed to reach the milestone, thus becoming the first England player to reach the figure and also the youngest batsman to do so.
Still fresh from his Ashes double-ton, Cook repeated the feat against India in the third Test at Edgbaston as England easily wrested the number-one crown.
He has played 128 tests and has a high-class average of 46.49, having accumulated an England record tally of 28 hundreds and 47 half-centuries.
Trevor Bayliss has backed Alastair Cook to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket’s all-time leading run-scorer.
Sri Lankan pacer Shaminda Eranga has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday.
Hales was bowled by Siriwardana for 11, but Cook calmly finished the job with Compton shortly after tea.
Alastair Cook has become the youngest batsman, and the only Englishman, to pass 10,000 Test runs and has joined an illustrious club in the process.
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At 31, Cook could have several more years as an global cricketer left in him, but whether he will break Tendulkar’s all time aggregate Test record of 15,921 runs made in 200 Tests remains to be seen. He has got age on his side, he is also one of the very fit players.
