Cook Equals Border's Records, Gets Praise From The Legend Himself

Updated: 24 May 2018 21:23 IST

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At 33, Alastair Cook is five years younger than when Allan Border played his 153rd Test.

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When England stalwart Alastair Cook took the field against Pakistan in the series opener at Lord's on Thursday, he equalled Allan Border's record of 153 consecutive Test matches. Border and Cook, both left-handed batsmen, each having scored more than 11,000 Test runs, won County Championship with Essex and led their respective countries to Ashes glory. Border, who retired 24 years ago, is full of praise for Cook's remarkable achievement. "Hearty congratulations to Cooky," the Aussie legend said from his home Down Under. After scoring a hundred on debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, illness kept Cook out of the next match. Since then though, he has been one of the most consistent performers over the past 12 years to become England's leading run-scorer

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