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ECB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alastair Cook fell five runs short of the third one-day century of his career as Essex set Yorkshire a 286-run target in the second Friends Provident Trophy semi-final at Chelmsford.
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Graham Napier produced a mini-repeat of his Twenty20 heroics with a 34-ball 61 to lift Essex to 285 for 8 in their Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Yorkshire. Alastair Cook warmed-up for the first Test against South Africa with 95, but it was Napier who added a much-needed spark to an innings.
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Ryan ten Doeschate succeeded where Alastair Cook just failed as Essex finished day one against Derbyshire on 365-7.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Essex have been boosted by the inclusions of batsman Alastair Cook and all-rounder Ravi Bopara to their squad for the LV County Championship Division One clash with Surrey.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Alastair Cook could be in line to figure in the fourth NatWest Series one-day international clash with New Zealand at the Brit Oval tomorrow, after Ian Bell suffered a knock.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
ALASTAIR Cook has sent a warning to fellow England stars Ian Bell and Luke Wright - I want my place at the top of the order back.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Alastair Cook's return to fitness provides England's selectors with an intriguing dilemma as they contemplate their team for tomorrow's fourth NatWest Series match against New Zealand.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
England's win at Durham should have put to bed all the suggestions that 50-over internationals are on their way out. If you can't get excited about Kevin Pietersen's brilliant hundred or Owais Shah's finishing, you're a lost cause to the game, says Alastair Cook.