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Rare card · History
Alastair Cook, a Rare card
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook is an English commentator and a former cricketer and captain of the England Test and One-Day International cricket teams.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Alastair Cook quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alastair Cook card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is the sixth-highest Test run scorer of all time and second-highest run scorer for ______.
Answer
England. He is the sixth-highest Test run scorer of all time and second-highest run scorer for England. From the Alastair Cook article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2018 United States House of Representatives elections. 2018 United States House of Representatives elections 100 · Alastair Cook 90 · Dutch colonial empire 87 · Valley of the Kings 80 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Known for his compact technique and ability to bat for long periods, Cook is widely regarded as one of the greatest batters of his era and one of the greatest opening batsman of all time.
- He is the sixth-highest Test run scorer of all time and second-highest run scorer for England.
- He is England's second most-capped Test batsman and captained the England team in 59 Tests, as well as in 69 ODIs.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alastair Cook article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Alastair Cook
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Diego VelázquezRare · History · ATK 79 DEF 97
- European Broadcasting UnionRare · Society · ATK 89 DEF 87
- 2018 United States House of Representatives electionsRare · History · ATK 100 DEF 76
- Andrew BynumRare · Society · ATK 81 DEF 95
- Athanasius of AlexandriaRare · Society · ATK 81 DEF 95
- Dutch colonial empireRare · History · ATK 87 DEF 89
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alastair Cook (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kroome111, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
