ABU DHABI: English Captain, cool as cucumber in scorching sun of Abu Dhabi has completed his double ton, first against Pakistan on Day four of the first Test at Sheikh Zayd Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Alastair Cook, the England captain, responded to the challenge laid down by Pakistan’s run-hungry batsmen with a totemic unbeaten 200Â to show his team the way to survive, and then thrive, in the harsh desert conditions at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan’s total of 523 for 8 declared remains several sessions from being equalled, but this was a day for the grand gesture, and Cook duly delivered in spades.
His iron-willed feat of endurance, spanning 329 balls and more than eight hours to date, is a direct descendant of his trio of centuries on the tour of India in 2012-13.
At Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Kolkata, his efforts first turned the tide of a losing cause, then eventually paved the way for his greatest captaincy triumph to date. It’s not a bad memory to fall back on.
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