Sir Alastair Cook's reputation as one of England's greatest ever batsman counted for little when he was clean bowled by a 15-year-old in a local cup game on Monday night.
Cook, who is still under contract at Essex, turned out for Bedfordshire Young Farmers CC in their Heritage Cup quarter-final against Potton Town. And having amassed 12,472 Test match runs and seen off some of the fiercest attacks in the world, many could have been forgiven for assuming he'd dominate proceedings.
Sure enough, he clocked three boundaries off his opening 14 balls to reach 20 not out. Indeed, such a scoring rate was arguably quicker than fans were used to seeing from him in his prime.
