England captain Alastair Cook
scored his first century for his country since an Ashes warm-up game in
November 2013 before retiring on 101 not out against a St Kitts Invitational XI
on Tuesday. He has made 25 centuries in 109 tests and scored 8,423
runs at an average of 46.02, has not recorded a test match hundred since May
2013 when he notched up 130 against New Zealand at Headingley. England
made a flying start to their tour of West Indies on Monday when Ben Stokes took
three wickets and Stuart Broad and Chris Jordan two each as St Kitts were
skittled out for 59 runs. Alastair Cook
opened the batting with Jonathan Trott, back in the international side for the
first time since leaving the Ashes tour in 2013 due to depression issues, and
he scored 72 as England moved on to 181 for one at the close. Cook
resumed on 95 not out in the two-day match in Basseterre and completed his
century within 10 minutes.
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