Published: May 19, 2016, 06:35 PM (IST)
Edited: May 19, 2016, 06:38 PM (IST)
England and Sri Lanka are playing their 1st Test match at Headlingley that started off on Thursday. Prior to Day 1 of the 1st Test, news were making rounds of him approaching 10,000 Tests runs. Just when the match was on, Jos Buttler took a dig on Alastair Cook on Twitter mentioning, “Cook to horn 6 sixes in an over to get to 10,000??” James Taylor, who recently retired due to illness also tagged along on this sarcastic comment with smiley’s. Looks like Buttler’s sarcastic comments jinxed Cook as he was dismissed early for 16 off 52. It was Shanaka who reigned with the ball as he picked three wickets on Day 1. England at the moment are 57 for 3 before proceeding for lunch. Live Cricket Scorecard: England vs Sri Lanka 2016, 1st Test at Headingley
Cook to horn 6 sixes in an over to get to 10,000??
— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) May 19, 2016
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) May 19, 2016
The 31-year-old left-handed opener needs just 36 more runs to become the first Englishman – and only 12th player overall – to score 10,000 runs in Tests. Cook also spoke about his milestone and mentioned, “It would mean a lot and hopefully I can get there sooner rather than later so we can talk about something else. It’s a big milestone in terms of the people who have done it previously so it would be great to try and score these 36 runs. I’ve just got to put that to bed after this press conference and try and do what I’ve done in the previous 10 years, which is just try and concentrate on that ball coming down and nothing else.”
In the earlier match between England and Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews led Sri Lanka won a thrilling match by 100 runs off the penultimate ball of the game to secure their first Test series win in England. Cook’s tactics were widely criticised and he pondered resigning the England captaincy.
