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Alastair Cook becomes 31st England player inducted into ICC hall of fame
- Cook scored 33 Test centuries and 12,472 runs
- Former England captain pays tribute to Graham Gooch
Alastair Cook has said he feels “privileged” to be the latest England Test cricketer to be inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame. Cook joins the esteemed list of names including WG Grace, Shane Warne, Brian Lara, Ian Botham and Viv Richards.
The former England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards was the last England player to be inducted, in 2022, while Bob Willis – England’s 1981 Ashes hero at Headingley with the ball in hand – was given the honour posthumously in 2021 alongside the former Test captain and chairman of selectors, Ted Dexter.
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