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Alastair Cook made batting for hours look easy

I know Cook wasn't everyone's favourite batsman to watch, but I really enjoyed watching him bat.

He wasn't flashy, didn't play too many fancy shots, and sometimes took forever to score. But once he settled in, getting him out was a real headache.

One thing I always found interesting was that he scored a century on his Test debut against India in 2006 and then scored another in his final Test against the same opposition in 2018.

12,472 Test runs, 33 centuries and 161 Tests. Those are ridiculous numbers for an opener.

And his performance in the 2010-11 Ashes in Australia was something else. 766 runs in five Tests, against Australia in their own backyard.

He had his weaknesses, especially outside off stump, but his patience and ability to grind out runs were incredible.

I sometimes wonder how many modern openers would have the patience to bat the way Cook did.

Where do you guys rank him among the all-time great Test openers? Personally, I'd have him pretty high up there.

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