Alastair Nathan Cook born 25 December, 1984 in Gloucester) is an England cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays domestic cricket for Essex and test and one-day cricket for England. On 9 June 2007 Cook became the first Englishman to score six centuries before his 23rd birthday and on 27 July 2007 became the youngest England batsman to reach 1500 Test runs. He has scored centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies.