A Monumental double century from England captain Alastair Cook saw England to 569-8, a lead of 46 runs, at the end of day four of the first Test against Pakistan. Cook batted for 836 minutes in Abu Dhabi for his 263 – the third-longest innings by time in Test history, and the longest ever by an Englishman, surpassing Len Hutton.
Malik eventually dismissed Cook, who top-edged the ball to Shan Masood at Square leg for an easy catch, which was actually a “No-ball”, as seen in the replay later.
Here’s How Twitter reacted!
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Superhuman Cook takes his place in history. #PAKvENG http://t.co/zTaoUxsJBr pic.twitter.com/k5BQHnugNi
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 16, 2015
Well played Capt Cook 263….!! Not sure he'll be happy when he sees the replay…. NO BALL ??!!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) October 16, 2015
WICKET: Standing ovation for Cook, what an innings. He top-edged a sweep off Malik to depart for 263 #leader pic.twitter.com/04hQX8xUqg
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/655001463878459393
I accept that some people love watching people bat like Cook did for 12 hours.
I'd rather feed myself to alligators.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 16, 2015
This Cook innings has now lasted longer (782 mins) than the entire 4th Ashes Test at Trent Bridge last summer. #trainspottingcricket
— Nick Hoult (@NHoultCricket) October 16, 2015
Longest innings in Test History:
Hanif Mohammed: 970 Minutes
Gary Kirsten: 878 Minutes
Alastair Cook: 836 Minutes ( Today )#PAKvENG— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 16, 2015
"I'm sure he'll tell us all about them on the bus on the way home" @joeroot05 on the records broken by Captain Cook pic.twitter.com/Y1aI59DbXP
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/the_sleigher/status/655050733776076800
OK, OK.
Well batted, skipper. #cook pic.twitter.com/Nuwk1Pk0hX— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 16, 2015
What an innings from Captain Cook #daddyhundred pure determination for the team. 1 day left let's see… https://t.co/ImFHx6xbFF
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) October 16, 2015
"I'd put him with @GeoffreyBoycott in terms of the art of concentration" – @MichaelVaughan on record breaking Cook pic.twitter.com/CyTf6bZ2dx
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 16, 2015
Cook now has the longest test innings ever played by an English batsman. Breaking the 1938 record held by Len Hutton pic.twitter.com/F82FYX4GG1
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 16, 2015
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Alastair Cook has now batted longer than the combined total match time of England at the rugby and football world cups#bbccricket #PAKvENG
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 16, 2015
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