Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has made an excellent start to the new County Championship season, notching his 70th first class hundred in Essex's game against Kent.
Cook's century came off 262 balls and saw him share a brilliant 220-run opening partnership with Nick Browne. And his brilliant innings has prompted some fans to call for him to come out of international retirement this summer in a bid to help solve England 's Test match woes at the top of the order.
The 37-year-old memorably called time on his international career back in 2018, signing off with a memorable century in his final game against India at the Oval. Cook is England's all-time leading run scorer, having made 12,472 runs and 33 centuries across 161 Test matches.
