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Cook enters pantheon of greats with double ton

By David Emery, Editor in chief

Any more questions? Alastair Cook celebrates making his double century at the MCG
PICTURE: Getty Images

IT MAY be too late for the New Year’s Honours List, but Alastair Cook has surely confirmed his case for an early knighthood.
The former England captain’s double hundred at Melbourne in the fourth Ashes Test not only set up his country on their way to a highly-welcome, moraleboosting victory on day three, but it was also glorious vindication for a man who had seen his form and future picked over r...

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