The Autobiography: The Sunday Times BestsellerIt's just you. Standing at the crease. Waiting. The bowler is running. His arm swinging. The ball 155 grams of cork, string and leather is hurled at you. At 90 mph it travels 22 yards in under half a second. You can barely see it and you've got to be swinging your bat before its halfway towards you. Because you are in its path. Alastair Cook, one of England's most decorated players and highest test run scorer, knows what it is like to be your best

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