Under-19 World Cup: Five magnificent performers in history
Some retired legends and veterans are in record books for performing extraordinarily in this junior-level International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament.
3. Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook played for England for 12 years from 2006 to 2018. The left-handed opener couldn’t do much for his side in white-ball cricket but in the longest format of the sport, he became the first batter from his nation to score more than 10000 runs. The iconic opener brought down the curtains to his international career in 2018, accumulating 12472 Test runs in 161 matches. He is the leading run-scorer for the English side in red-ball cricket.
He failed to become a huge name for England in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) but back in 2004, he showcased his batting mettle in the 2004 U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh and received appreciation for his stunning performance. Cook, who was 19 then, hit 383 runs with two centuries and a fifty in seven matches and emerged as the second-highest run-scorer.
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