The Cricketer rounds up some of the more unusual stories of the past seven days from across the local cricket scene...
Last year, The Cricketer's HUW TURBERVILL sat down with Alastair Cook for one of the more peculiar interviews of the England legend's career. On the day his retirement was announced, we drag up an unheralded classic from the archives...
GALLERY: As the England opener calls time on a long and illustrious career, we look back at some of the images that paint the picture of Cook's Test history
Cook broke record after record both during his time with the captaincy and his time without it. In this spirit, The Cricketer pays tribute to the opener by painting his career by numbers, illuminating the key figures behind the man
03/09/2018 | Brad West | England news | England features | England |
HUW TURBERVILL: Each time his form has dipped he has silenced his critics, somehow finding a way to keep going. But finally he has had enough. There is no question he will be recalled as one of England’s greatest Test batsmen
Graham Gooch, second on England's Test-match runscorer list behind Alastair Cook, has worked consistently with the former national captain with both county, Essex, and country over the past decade and a half
After the major announcement that Alastair Cook will retire following the fifth Test against India at The Oval which begins on Friday, The Cricketer looks at his five greatest moments, as batsman and captain, as well as throwing in some of his worst
03/09/2018 | Brad West | England news | England features | England |
Alastair Cook will step away from the England side following the fifth Test against India at the Oval, which is due to start on Friday, after a career which has brought him more than 15,000 international runs across cricket's three formats
The 27-year-old has been a fixture at Gloucestershire since becoming their first choice wicketkeeper in 2013 after joining the club the season before
03/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Gloucestershire Men | Domestic | County Championship |
The former England captain has made 160 Test appearances for his country, including a world-record 158 in a row, but will bring the curtain down on an illustrious career at the elite level following the clash with India, which starts on Friday
It may not be an ideal solution, but would hosting Championship matches abroad benefit England's Test team?
03/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Features | County Championship |
Yorkshire now sit a point from safety in the relegation places with only three wins to their name all season, but Moxon insists that the season is very much still in the balance with only Surrey and Somerset guaranteed to avoid the drop
03/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Yorkshire Men | Somerset Men | Domestic | County Championship |
Ben Raine, 26, favoured a move back to the north east for personal reasons and his Riverside comeback represents a big step in Durham's rebuilding job ahead of 2019
03/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Durham Men | Domestic | County Championship |
India collapsed from 123 for three to 184 all out in pursuit of 245 for victory at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday to ensure that the world's No.1 side will return home from their tour defeated
Steve Smith, who missed the defeat by St Lucia Stars with the problem, has scored 185 runs in seven innings for the Tridents during his brief time in the Caribbean. He also took three wickets
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