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England fans clamour for Alastair Cook return as icon chalks off another career milestone

Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook scored a hundred in both innings for the first time in his career as Essex drew with Yorkshire in the County Championship.

Cook notched his 71st and 72nd first-class centuries in the match, moving him up to fourth in the list of leading run scorers in division one of the County Championship this season. And with the 37-year-old proving he remains a prolific run scorer, fans have called for him to come out of international retirement and shore up England's shaky top order.

Cook memorably called time on his England career in 2018, bowing out after making his 33rd Test hundred against India at the Oval. He remains England's all-time leading Test run scorer, with 12,472 runs at an average of 45.35 in 161 Test appearances.

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