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Friday, April 24, 2015

2015 West Indies Vs England 2nd Test @ St George's Grenada Thursday April 23,2015 - Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott become sixth England duo to hit ten tons together


Day 3 Thursday April 23,2015
Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott are the sixth English pair to score more than 100 runs together on 10 occasions, and the England captain is part of three of them. They follow: 
1. Hobbs and Sutcliffe (1924-30) — 15
2. Cook and Strauss (2006-12) — 14
3. Cook and Pietersen (2006-13) — 13
4. Trescothick and Vaughan (2000-05) — 10
5. Bell and Pietersen (2005-14) — 10
6. Cook and Trott (2009-15) — 10

Jonathan Trott (left) and Alastair Cook shake hands after reaching their 10th hundred partnership  
The 125-run stand between Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott was England's first century partnership for the first wicket in 40 innings. The last one came at Dunedin in March 2013, between Cook and Nick Compton.

Captain Alastair Cook (76) was denied a first Test hundred since May 2013 while fellow opener Jonathan Trott made 59. 




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