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Can I run my cooker cable from the cooker control unit above counter directly down, then turn at 90 degress and run along to the connection point below counter (and behind the oven) and that count as the cable running in permitted zones?
There will always be an identifiable "accessory or switchgear" identifying the possibility of a cable, it's just the the wire goes from horizontal to vertical at the intersection of the two runs from each accessory.
The alternative is to run the 10mm cable back up the wall and then down again to the connection point behind the oven.
thanks in advance.
Yes, that's fine, but You've no doubt done it now! Always horizontal and vertical in line with switches, never diagonally.
10mm? That's a big un for an oven.
Should also have rcd protection if it's buried less than 50mm into a wall.
The only real restriction you could come across routing cables in a kitchen is corners. They must be 150mm away from corners.