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Alastair Cook

With the Ashes underway, Mark Coles profiles the England cricket captain Alastair Cook, a former chorister and part-time farmer.

With the Ashes underway, Mark Coles profiles the England cricket captain Alastair Cook. Born on Christmas Day in 1984, Cook's first career was as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral. A talented musician, he also studied the clarinet and the saxophone but cricket soon took over and he made his England Test debut at 21, scoring a century. He's hit more Test centuries for England than any other player but shuns celebrity and spends his spare time sheep farming.

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Sun 14 Jul 2013 17:40

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  • Sat 13 Jul 2013 19:00
  • Sun 14 Jul 2013 05:45
  • Sun 14 Jul 2013 17:40

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