He hasn’t been at his best big-scoring form of late, but Alastair Cook showed he still has the hunger for runs with an unbeaten 154 against India A on Monday, July 16.
Cook opened the innings with Rory Burns for a strong England Lions side against the visiting India A team in a one-off four-day match in Worcester. The former England captain batted over six hours and faced 238 balls in scoring his 62nd first-class century.
With Mark Stoneman and Keaton Jennings, his opening partners in the two Tests against Pakistan, not going too well, Cook will have a big job on his hands in the Tests against India, and the runs in the Lions game should help his confidence.
The first of five Tests against India starts on 1 August at Edgbaston.
