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Alastair Cook smashes century

 
Almost there: Alastair Cook dispatches a ball to the boundary as he eases closer to a century
16 March 2012

Alastair Cook smashed an unbeaten 150 for England today in their tour match against the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in Colombo.

Alastair Cook smashed an unbeaten 150 for England today in their tour match against the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in Colombo.

The 27-year-old was 163 not out on day two of the three-day clash as the visitors closed on 303 for eight in reply to the host’s 169 all out. Ian Bell’s poor form continued as he was dismissed for a duck while Andrew Strauss (40), Kevin Pietersen (39) and Jonathan Trott (16) failed to make big scores.

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