Former England captain Alastair Cook on Monday announced retirement from international cricket. Cook, best-known for his Test run scores, announced that the ongoing Test series against India will be his last. England will be playing the last Test match against India from 7th September after which Cook won't be seen playing in International cricket format. Cook also tops the list of top 5 English run scorers with 12,254 runs. He is followed by Graham Gooch and Alec Stewart with 8,900 and 8,463 runs respectively.

Former England captain Alastair Cook on Monday announced retirement from international cricket. Cook, best-known for his Test run scores, announced that the ongoing Test series against India will be his last. England will be playing the last Test match against India from 7th September after which Cook won't be seen playing in International cricket format. Cook also tops the list of top 5 English run scorers with 12,254 runs. He is followed by Graham Gooch and Alec Stewart with 8,900 and 8,463 runs respectively.