Cook and Strauss to make it special on 100th innings
England captain Andrew Strauss (left) and fellow teammate Alastair Cook run between the wickets during the opening Test match against Pakistan
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Alastair Cook hopes his and the opening partner Andrew Strauss's walking for a 100th time together, will provide England with a good platform during the second Test against Pakistan starting from Wednesday.
Cook and Strauss are soon to be the fourth opening pair to complete 100 or more innings together in all Tests.
Even so, they both face a huge challenge from Pakistani bowlers who had annihilated them in the first Test in Dubai last week by restricting them to stands of ten and six. Hence, Pakistan lead the three-Test series 1-0.
Cook was dismissed by Mohammad Hafeez for three in the first innings whereas Strauss fell to off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for 19.
"It's a great thing to work now, I didn't know that it's our 100th time," Cook said on Monday.
"He's got a great record and proved that over a number of years, it's our job with top of the order to lay out the platform, we didn't do that in Dubai and that's why we didn't get good totals," said Cook.
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