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Sir Alastair Cook famously never sweated throughout his record-breaking career.<\/p>\n

Even back in December 2010 after seven hours in the 40 degree Adelaide heat, the man who would become a four-time Ashes winner \u2013 twice as captain \u2013 barely perspired as he delivered his second successive hundred of a memorably victorious tour.<\/p>\n

It was a physical peculiarity which meant England regularly threw the ball to him whenever they needed it dust-dry in search of reverse-swing.<\/p>\n