Alastair Cook in pictures: From schoolboy to England record holder

Cook in school days

Alastair Cook spent five years as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral School

Cook shuns the school jumper in favour of the untucked shirt look

Bored with French, Alastair?

Lunchtime for Cook and his fellow pupils

Aged eight, Cook once made 110 out of a total of 127 for St Paul's

Cook (second from left) sang with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at St Paul's. He also once performed for the Queen

Cook during his St Paul's days and as a 15-year-old

Alastair Cook collects the PCA Young Cricketer of the Year award in 2005

Cook makes friends during England's tour of Pakistan in 2005

Cook becomes the youngest England player to score a century on Test debut, against India in 2006

Cook gets a smacker from Graeme Swann as England celebrate winning the Ashes in 2009

Cook scored 766 runs at an average of 127.66 in England's Ashes triumph in Australia in 2010-11

Cook is named England ODI captain alongside Test skipper Andrew Strauss and T20 captain Stuart Broad

Cook the tractor driver draws a crowd as he celebrates his wedding countryside-style

Cook the Test captain in the midst of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia in 2013-14

Cook celebrates a thrilling victory over New Zealand in the first Test, thanks in no small part to his second-innings 162

Cook celebrates breaking Graham Gooch's Test run record in typically understated fashion

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