Round of 32
Cook:
Made his debut with a hundred in 2006 for England in testing conditions of India it is never easy for a English player to score runs in the sub continent on spinning tracks against worldclass players.Alistair cook is argubely the best left handed opener ever produced by England..One of few players in the world who scored runs all over the world. The journey from a Good batsman to a Great batsman began when he was awarded captaincy of England..His biggest achievement as captain was to beat india in india 2008 which was a bugger victory in a sense that last time England won a series in india was in 1984.Cook himself scored 3 Big hundred in that series and was awarded as man of the series . although his best performance till date is marathon inning of 294 at edgbastan. Cook who achieved the land mark of scoring 10000 runs in test cricket recently he is still leading England and scoring runs at an average of 48 with 29 hundreds to his name.
Hayden:
Made his debut for australia in 1994.matthew hayden scored 8625 runs at an average of 50 with 30 hundreds to his name.. With the ability to attack the bowlers early on in the innings hayden was a perfect partner for an opener like Justin langer.. His biggest achievement and his finest knock came in the year when he scored 380 in an inning to break the record of brain lara's highest test inning score of 375 after 10 years..A country like Australia where a lot great players were born Matthew hayden is one of the finest opener ever produced by Australia
