Peter Hayter pays tribute to England’s record breaking batsman whose Test career will end at the Oval

Peter Hayter

In the end Alastair Cook did exactly the right thing at exactly the right time in exactly the right manner, saving himself and everyone else involved in the question of how and when he should depart the international stage any potential embarrassment.
Typical of Cook, really, because whatever some might try and persuade you about his role in the sacking of Kevin Pietersen (and still they bleat), this is one of the good guys.
That he could play was obvious to all who wa...