4. 235* v Australia, Brisbane, 2010

Cook spent around 10 hours at the crease after demonstrating his consistent form in the first innings with 67 and put q partnership of 188 runs with Andrew Straus and an unbroken stand of 329 with Jonathan Trott. He has a nack of scoring daddy hundred and this knock was the best testimony of the same.  He punished the like of Mitchell Johnson so adeptly that the self-assurance of Australia’s most devastating bowler fell apart. He also became the man of the series award in England’s Ashes win.