Watch: Alastair Cook hits 73rd firstclass hundred, his fourth ton of the season

The runs maintain flowing for Alastair Cook, who scored 73rd first-class hundred, in opposition to Gloucestershire, his fourth ton of the season. Cook and Simon Harmer mixed to go away Essex on the cusp of victory of their County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Chelmsford on Tuesday.

The former England skipper, who retired from worldwide cricket in 2018, recorded his thirty first first-class century for his county on his solution to 145. Essex have been all out for 310 earlier than off-spinner Harmer bagged 5 wickets for 51.

Alastair Cook in 2022:

4⃣ 100s
1⃣ 50
8⃣0⃣% conversion charge 🔥

Man 🔁 machine pic.twitter.com/YTcDo3jxml

— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) July 12, 2022

Cook, the left-hand batter, occupied the crease for nearly seven hours and with skipper Tom Westley, who scored 90, offered a major second-wicket partnership price 196.

Oh nothing, simply Alastair Cook together with his 73rd First-Class century 💯

Watch the very best of his knock 👇#LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/PrGm9bDL3r

— LV= Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) July 12, 2022

Cook had introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket in September 2018 saying that there’s ‘nothing left in the tank’ for him. The 33-year outdated, who has scored 12,254 runs and made 32 centuries in 160 Tests for England, stands on the sixth place on the all-time record of Test run-scorers, having made a file 11,627 runs as an opener.