LIVE – Alastair Cook misses out on a well deserved 300 – Cricket News Update
After exhibiting a classy batting for almost two days in a row, England’s “boy wonder” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The opening batsman left the Indians in taters as they ran out of ideas on how to dismiss the flamboyant batsman who had become extremely difficult to stop. Meanwhile, just near the last hour of the day, Cook lost his concentration and gave away his wicket
on the first delivery of the 189th over when chasing after a wide delivery bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539.
The mammoth innings by Cook finally came to an end after the batsman scored 294 runs. The innings shattered India’s hopes of making a comeback in the game and with two days to bat, the tourists will surely now aim for a draw before embarking on the fourth
and final Test of the series scheduled to begin from 18 August, 2011 at Kennington Oval, London.
Cook, who needed to go beyond a tally of 333 runs to surpass his mentor and the current batting coach of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Alan-Gooch-c60530, failed to achieve the feat, nonetheless, the damage that he brought upon the Indian team is now beyond rectification as the Indians
will now have to give an exceptional performance to save the match against a bowling attack that seems to be on a rampage this summer.
For Cook this innings will be a memorable one as it’s his carrier best in any format of the game and since the performance has come after a below average batting display in the first two matches of the series, this performance provides him with something
more to celebrate.
Cook, who was under pressure before the match as there were reports in the English media about his possible sacking in the fourth Test if he persisted with the poor form, shunned his critics by playing a knock of a life time.
Meanwhile, the third Test will see its finale on the 14th of this month and from the way things are going, the Indian team will not be leaving the country much to celebrate for their independence day on 15 August.
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