• ‘To top it off with a score here is just incredible’
In the end there was time for one last Chef special. On an emotional fourth day at the Kia Oval one of England’s greatest cricketers, Alastair Cook, signed off from his record-breaking international career with a 33rd Test century that proved to him dreams can come true.
It could not have been scripted better. With 15 minutes to go before lunch Cook reached three figures in the whites of his country for the final time and, though a slapstick moment – coming via four overthrows from the errant arm of India’s Jasprit Bumrah – it was no less sweet, with the ground rising as one for what seemed a never-ending ovation.
Written by Ali Martin at the Kia Oval
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/10/alastair-cook-dreams-come-true-33rd-final-test-century under the title “Alastair Cook says ‘dreams come true’ after 33rd and final Test century”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
