All Stories: Alastair Cook

MANCHESTER: Joe Root's double century and three wickets from Chris Woakes put England on course for a series-levelling win in the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Saturday.

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM: Alastair Cook has insisted Moeen Ali remains England's first-choice spinner, while saying Pakistan's Yasir Shah is "up there with the greats", heading into Friday's second Test at Old Trafford.

MANCHESTER: England captain Alastair Cook announced Thursday that the hosts had reduced their squad for the second Test against Pakistan from 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn and Jake Ball.

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook broke India great Sunil Gavaskar's record of 9,607 for the most runs as a Test opener while making 81 against Pakistan at Lord's on Friday.

LONDON: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir took his first Test wicket in six years when be bowled England captain Alastair Cook at Lord's on Friday. Amir was making his return to Test cricket at the scene of his 2010 spot-fixing crime which saw him given a five-year ban and a jail term for deliberately bowling no balls as part of a newspaper 'sting' during that year's Lord's Test against England.

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook believes Pakistan's Mohammad Amir will face a tough reception from fans should he return to Test cricket at Lord's later this month.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: England captain Alastair Cook said he was looking forward to the challenge of facing Pakistan following his side's commanding Test series win over Sri Lanka.

DURHAM: Alastair Cook became the first Englishman to reach 10,000 test runs before leading his team to an emphatic nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second test on Monday to wrap up the series.

DURHAM: Captain Alastair Cook became the first England cricketer to reach 10,000 test runs on the fourth day of the second test against Sri Lanka in Durham on Monday.

Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom: England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Chester-le-Street on Friday.

LEEDS: England captain Alastair Cook said players had "nothing to fear" from the introduction of a points system as former skipper Mike Atherton said his reaction to the proposal was one of "profound indifference".

DUBAI: Pakistan will be looking to fit-again leg-spinner Yasir Shah to lift their performance in the second Test against England starting in Dubai from Thursday.

ABU DHABI: The first test match between Pakistan and England at Abu Dhabi ended in a draw on Saturday, ARY News reports.

SHARJAH: The two-day tour match between Pakistan A and England XI at Sharjah ended in a draw on Tuesday, ARY News reports.

NOTTINGHAM: England ripped out the last three Australia wickets for 12 runs to win the fourth test by a crushing innings and 78 runs at Trent Bridge on Saturday and regain the Ashes.

BIRMINGHAM: Australia were 241 for seven in their second innings, a deficit of 90 runs, when bad light ended play on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test against England at Trent Bridge on Friday.

KARACHI: Pakistan's former wicket keeper Kamran Akmal said on Tuesday that the last minute ouster of Alaistar Cook as England cricket team captain resulted in England's ouster from World Cup, ARY News reported.

LONDON: 25th December 2014 marks not only the birthday of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah but also the 30th Birthday of English cricket team captain Alastair Cook, ARY News reported.

COLOMBO: Alastair Cook says England and Sri Lanka will play with heavy hearts in their one-day international on Saturday, but that the show must go on as a mark of respect to Phillip Hughes.

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook Thursday vowed to try and win a seven-match series in a tit-for-tat revenge against Sri Lanka ahead of next year's World Cup.