{"id":1456,"date":"2016-05-31T09:03:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2016-05-31T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:03:38","slug":"alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to England\u2019s captain Alastair Cook who has become only the 12<sup>th<\/sup> batsman ever to reach 10,000 Test runs; the first player to do so for England. Cook\u2019s highest score came here at Edgbaston in 2011 when he scored 294 against India and led England to the top of the ICC World Test Rankings.<\/p>\n<p><span>[quote cite=&#8221;Alastair Cook, Captain of England&#8221;]I have managed to score consistent runs for England over 10 years and that gives me more pride than being compared to anyone else.[\/quote]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alastair Cook\u2019s Stats<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cook is\u00a05 runs away from becoming only the second man to record 5,000 Test runs in England and Wales (Gooch, 5,917).<\/li>\n<li>Cook (13,307) needs\u00a025 runs to leapfrog Ian Bell (13,331) into second spot for most runs for England in all formats.<\/li>\n<li>The England skipper is two centuries away from 30 in Tests; only 12 men have ever managed to record that many.<\/li>\n<li>Cook is\u00a0now England\u2019s all-time highest run-scorer as Test captain who leapfrogged Atherton (3815); he\u2019s currently\u00a0171 shy from becoming only the eighth man ever to reach 4,000 as a Test skipper.<\/li>\n<li>2,252 of Cook\u2019s Test runs have come in Asia, his average of 60.9 is his best on any continent and of the 51 players to score 2,000+ runs in Asia only Kumar Sangakkara has a better average (61.5).<\/li>\n<li>Cook scored more Test runs in 2015 than in any other calendar year in his career (1,364), averaging 54.6 in the process.<\/li>\n<li>Cook has scored at least two centuries against all the teams he has faced at Test level, with India and West Indies his favourite opponents in this regard (5).<\/li>\n<li>He has also scored a century in every country he has played test cricket in with 12 of his 28 tons coming on home soil.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cook to lead England at Edgbaston<\/h2>\n<p>You can see Alastair Cook in action at Edgbaston this August when England take on Pakistan in an Investec Test Match. Tickets are on sale and are priced from \u00a331 for adults and just \u00a36 for Under 16\u2019s and can be purchased by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eticketing.co.uk\/edgbaston\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> or calling <strong>0844 847 1902<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to England\u2019s captain Alastair Cook who has become only the 12th batsman ever to reach 10,000 Test runs; the first player to do so for England. Cook\u2019s highest score came here at Edgbaston in 2011 when he scored 294 against India and led England to the top of the ICC World Test Rankings. [quote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,107,113,150,151,164],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-featured","tag-england","tag-alastair-cook","tag-test-match","tag-investec-test-match","tag-cook"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congratulations to England\u2019s captain Alastair Cook who has become only the 12th batsman ever to reach 10,000 Test runs; the first player to do so for England. Cook\u2019s highest score came here at Edgbaston in 2011 when he scored 294 against India and led England to the top of the ICC World Test Rankings. [quote [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\",\"England\",\"Alastair Cook\",\"Test Match\",\"Investec Test Match\",\"Cook\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"width\":975,\"height\":475},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/news\\\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/\",\"name\":\"Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Edgbaston C&E\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/logo-edgbaston-events-2x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/logo-edgbaston-events-2x.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"Edgbaston C&E\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/events\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events","og_description":"Congratulations to England\u2019s captain Alastair Cook who has become only the 12th batsman ever to reach 10,000 Test runs; the first player to do so for England. Cook\u2019s highest score came here at Edgbaston in 2011 when he scored 294 against India and led England to the top of the ICC World Test Rankings. [quote [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/","og_site_name":"Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events","article_published_time":"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs","datePublished":"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/"},"wordCount":340,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["featured","England","Alastair Cook","Test Match","Investec Test Match","Cook"],"articleSection":["Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/","name":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs - Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2016-05-31T08:03:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":"","width":975,"height":475},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/alastair-cook-becomes-the-first-englishman-to-score-10000-runs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alastair Cook becomes the first Englishman to score 10,000 Test runs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#website","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/","name":"Edgbaston Conference &amp; Events","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#organization","name":"Edgbaston C&E","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/logo-edgbaston-events-2x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/logo-edgbaston-events-2x.png","width":240,"height":240,"caption":"Edgbaston C&E"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}