England Captain Alastair Cook Scored 263 and played the - the third-longest innings by time in Test history, and the longest ever by an Englishman

 

A superb double century from captain Alastair Cook saw England to 569-8, a lead of 46 runs, at the end of day four Friday Oct 16,2015 of the first Test against Pakistan.

Alastair Cook batted for 836 minutes in Abu Dhabi for his 263 - the third-longest innings by time in Test history, and the longest ever by an Englishman.
Joe Root made 85 and Ben Stokes hit 57 as Pakistan's bowlers toiled.
With two wickets remaining and England's first-innings lead slim, a draw remains the most likely result.
Scorecard

First Test, Abu Dhabi, day four

Pakistan 523-8 dec: Malik 245, Shafiq 107; Stokes 4-57

England 569-8: Cook 263, Root 85, Bell 63

England lead by 46 runs

The stats Alastair Cook shattered

 

• Cook's knock beat the previous record for longest England innings by time, set by Len Hutton's 797-minute innings of 364 against Australia in 1938.
• Only two Test innings have ever lasted longer: Hanif Mohammad's 970-minute 337 for Pakistan against West Indies in 1958, and Gary Kirsten's 878-minute 275 for South Africa against England in 1999.
• Cook became only the second player ever to bat for more than 12 hours for the second occasion in his Test career - after Brian Lara.
• During his innings, Cook also overtook the record for the most Test runs ever scored by an overseas batsman in Asia: he now has 2,065, beating Jacques Kallis's previous record of 2,058.