LONDON: Alastair Cook marked his final Test innings with a storybook hundred as England piled on the runs against India at the Oval on Monday. England were 243 for two in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the fifth Test, with Cook 103 not out and Joe Root, his successor as England captain, 92 not out. England resumed on 114 for two, already 154 runs ahead, with Cook 43 not out and Root unbeaten on 29. Cook and Root extended England’s lead to beyond 200 runs before bringing up a century stand of their own. And he completed his 33rd Test century in unusual fashion when, having run a single to go to 97, a wild overthrow from Bumrah gave him four bonus runs.

Source: Pakistan Today September 10, 2018 12:56 UTC