ALASTAIR COOK BECOMES HIGHEST RUN-GETTER AS TEST OPENER

  Alastair Cook scored 81 in the first innings against Pakistan at Lord’s on Friday. He, thus, became the highest run-getter as a Test opener with 9630 runs at an average of 46.52 in 123 Tests, going past Sunil Gavaskar’s tally of 9607 runs at an average of 50.29 in 119 Tests. Cook joined Mike Atherton…