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AN Cook

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AN Cook — 252 career matches, 15,676 runs and 1 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
43.7
Bowl Avg
7.0

Career stats overview

161 Test · 91 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

161 matches

12,472
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

91 matches

3,204
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams AN Cook has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
57
Runs
3,253
Wickets
1

Australia

Matches
45
Runs
2,812

Sri Lanka

Matches
38
Runs
2,099

New Zealand

Matches
28
Runs
1,511

South Africa

Matches
27
Runs
1,389

West Indies

Matches
27
Runs
1,941

Pakistan

Matches
24
Runs
2,042

Bangladesh

Matches
9
Runs
646

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AN Cook has turned out most often.

Lord's, London

Matches
35
Runs
2,216

The Oval, London

Matches
25
Runs
1,503

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
16
Runs
1,025

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
16
Runs
605
Wickets
1

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
15
Runs
857

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
13
Runs
843

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches
8
Runs
465

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Matches
7
Runs
324

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.