As a player , Alastair Cook is the only England cricketer in history to be involved in 50 Test victories .
In the second test against New Zealand at Headingley , he also scored his 9000th test run , the first English test batsman to do so .
As a player , Alastair Cook is the only English cricketer in history to be involved in 50 Test victories .
In the second test against New Zealand at Headingley , he also scored his 9000th test run , the first English test batsman to do so .