1. 244* vs Australia – Melbourne, 2017

This was Alastair Cook’s last Test century and he will cherish every bit of it. Before this knock, questions were flowing in left, right and center as his scores read 11, 23, 10, 17, 2, 7, 37, 16, 7 and 14.  England had already lost the Ashes but they still needed to avoid the embarrassing whitewash and stop Australia from repeating the success of 2013-14 Ashes.

The English bowlers did a good job of restricting Australia to 327 on a flat MCG pitch. It was then all Alastair Cook as he batted and batted and batted to bore Australia out. His unbeaten 244 gave England a big lead. However, a Steve Smith classic saved the game for the Aussies. However, for his fabulous knock, Cook was awarded the Player of the Match.