Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
LONDON — Former England captain Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from cricket after deciding against seeking a renewal of his contract at long-time county team Essex. The left-handed opener had already retired from the international game in 2018 after hitting 12,472 test runs. That's the most by any English batter and fifth on the all-time list behind Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid. Cook's contract expired at Essex at the end of the recently completed domestic season.
