Throughout his Test career, Alastair Cook has been renowned for his remarkable powers of concentration at the crease.
Here, Press Association Sport recalls six of the best innings in his record-breaking career:
NAGPUR 2005/06 (104 not out, v India)
Alastair Cook marked his Test debut by scoring 60 and an unbeaten 104 in the first Test against India in Nagpur (Rebecca Naden/PA)
BRISBANE 2010/11 (235no, v Australia)
Alastair Cook (centre), Jonathan Trott (left) and Andrew Strauss (right) all made centuries as England ran up 517 for one in the second innings in Brisbane (Gareth Copley/PA)
EDGBASTON 2011 (294 v India)
Alastair Cook made his highest Test score against India at Edgbaston in 2011 (Rui Vieira/PA)
AHMEDABAD 2012/13 (176, v India)
England captain Alastair Cook starred in a losing cause during the first Test against India in Ahmedabad (Anthony Devlin/PA)
LORD’S 2015 (162, v New Zealand)
Alastair Cook (left) and Ben Stokes (right) both made memorable second-innings centuries against New Zealand at Lord’s in 2015 (Nigel French/PA)
MELBOURNE 2017 (244* v Australia)
Alastair Cook’s unbeaten 244 at the MCG helped England avoid a series whitewash against Australia (Jason O’Brien/PA)
