On this day in 2015: England captain hits important milestone

On this day in 2015, Alastair Cook surpassed his coach Graham Gooch to become England’s all-time Test run top scorer.

England’s then-Test captains set a new benchmark on the second afternoon of the second Test vs. Match new zealand and headingley when he square drives Tim Southey Four men before reaching 33 innings in the 203rd, for a total of 8,902 innings.

Gooch’s 8,900 goals have been England’s historic benchmark for 20 years and Cook never thought he belonged to the class of men who had taught him so much of his knowledge through close cooperation before the start of the game. I insisted that I didn’t and have been friends since school days.

“Today is a very special day for me personally,” he said. “To be at the top of the list is really indescribable. My style of play doesn’t deserve to be there.

“I don’t play for the record, but I know I needed to score 32. But to break the record, you have to do it in an innings (that’s the point). It was a great moment.” I felt very humbled.”

Cook had a turbulent year, with a 5-0 loss to the Ashes, the end of Kevin Petersen’s international career and a slump in both the Tests and the One Day International that led to his disqualification. endured half. England He captained in the latter form two months before the World Cup.

After pitching 75 innings against the Black Caps, Cook said, “It’s been a rough 18 months personally as a captain.”

“A lot has happened in the last four or five months, but I’ve taken the time to play myself and I feel like I’m making good progress.”

Cook ended his international career in September 2018 and amassed 12,472 test runs, including 33 centuries, both records for an English batsman.