6 Facts about Alastair Cook you probably didn’t know

#1 A wedding to remember

He chose to drive the tractor himself

Alastair Cook was born on Christmas day. He tied the knot to his teenage sweetheart very close to his birthday and on another iconic date. The two married on the 31st of December, 2011, and celebrated the New Year together. Interestingly, they drove away from their wedding into the new year on a tractor instead of a luxurious car or chariot, as his wife’s father was a local farmer.