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Alastair Cook reeled off a record-breaking double century to put England in full control of the fourth Ashes Test with a formidable 164-run innings lead in Melbourne on Thursday.
The phlegmatic opener emphatically bounced back after a lean run of scores to finish the day unconquered on 244 off 409 balls. At the close, England were 491 for nine.
The five double hundreds of Alastair Cook294 v India, Birmingham 2011263 v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi 2015 244* v Australia, Melbourne 2017 243 v West Indies, Birmingham 2017 235 v Australia, Brisbane 2010 (*denotes not out score) |
Australia, 1st Innings 327 England, 1st Innings= (Overnight 192-2)= Alastair Cook not out 244 Mark Stoneman c and b Lyon 15 James Vince lbw b Hazlewood 17 Joe Root c Lyon b Cummins 61 Dawid Malan lbw b Hazlewood 14 Jonny Bairstow c Paine b Lyon 22 Moeen Ali c S.Marsh b 20 Chris Woakes c Paine b Cummins 26 Tom Curran c Paine b Hazlewood 4 Stuart Broad c Khawaja b Cummins 56 Jimmy Anderson not out 0 Extras (4b, 5lb, 3nb) 12 Total (for nine wickets) 491 Fall: 1-35, 2-80, 3-218, 4-246, 5-279, 6-307, 7-366, 8-373, 9-473. Bowling: Josh Hazlewood 30-5-95-3, Jason Bird 30-5-108-0 (3nb), Nathan Lyon 42-9-109-3, Pat Cummins 29-1-117-3, Mitchell Marsh 12-1-42-0, Steve Smith 1-0-11-0. |
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