\n Now cricket appears to be closing ranks to spare the blushes of Test legend Sir Alastair Cook.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Alastair recounts the incident on his Stick to Cricket podcast, saying it happened when he was playing for Bedfordshire Farmers during a game in Norfolk last week.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Went to Norfolk\u00a0for a game against West Norfolk Farmers,” he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our touring record is poor, we were something like 60 for four \u00a0I thought we need a few more here so I tried to bat properly. I got 17,\u00a0 bowled. This guy was all over me, not good.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Alastair said he was scuppered after the ball caught an inside edge of his bat and hit his back leg.\n<\/p>\n
\n The game is believed to have taken place against West Norfolk Cricket Club (WNCC) last week at Holt but no more details including the final score\u00a0have been made public.\n<\/p>\n
\n WNCC vice-captain Edmund Parker, who is listed as match manager in the club’s fixture list,\u00a0said: “What we’ve got is a lovely game of cricket we don’t want to diminish.\u00a0I’ve spoken to a few people and we don’t want to comment on it.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He added the farmer did not come from Norfolk.\n<\/p>\n
\n The story surfaced on Radio Norfolk’s breakfast show, where host Chris Goreham launched an appeal to find the mystery farmer.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Bedfordshire turned up with Alastair Cook in the team and he made just 17, bowled out by a good old Norfolk farmer,” he said. “We’d love to speak to that person.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Alastair began playing for Essex in 2003 and received his call-up to join\u00a0the England team in 2006.\n<\/p>\n
\n He became captain of the national side in 2010 and captained the team in 59 Test matches.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is regarded as being one of our greatest-ever batsman, scoring 12,472 Test runs and 33 centuries.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Alastair, who retired from Test cricket in 2018, was knighted for his services to the sport the following year and played for Essex until 2023.\n<\/p>\n
\n He then took up farming and sometimes turns out for Bedfordshire Farmers.\n<\/p>\n
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