Watch: Sir Alastair Cook has caused plenty of mirth in his rare appearances as a bowler throughout his first-class career, and did so again in the County Championship for Essex.

With the Chelmsford side’s Division One clash against Kent petering out to a draw, Cook was introduced for a solitary over to bowl his medium pace. England’s leading Test run-scorer induced an edge with his first ball, but by his third he was having fun, running in to bowl with his arms fixed in a coat-hanger pose, laughing as he went.

Cook has previous for run-up antics, having impersonated Bob Willis during one of the two occasions he turned his arm over in Test cricket. The over was otherwise uneventful, costing eight runs.

Earlier in the game, Cook, who will turn 38 later this year, made his 70th first-class hundred in a double-century opening stand with Nick Browne.

Watch the Cook run-up hijinks below:

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