Simon Cook (English cricketer)
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Simon James Cook is an English
cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor before a year later being picked up by Middlesex
along with Andrew Strauss
.
Cook would be inhibited from playing for a time, with shin splints and stress fractures delaying his progress. He was restricted to only seven first-class performances in 2000, and when his mentor Angus Fraser
left two years later, Cook helped to continue the tide of wickets, recording his best figures of 8 for 63, and finishing just shy of 50 wickets for the season. In 2004 he scored 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake
.
He signed a contract with Kent
at the end of 2004 and has become a regular first teamer mostly taking the new ball and sometimes acting as a night watchman. His brother, Adam
, has played Minor counties and List A cricket for Oxfordshire
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor before a year later being picked up by Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
along with Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss
Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...
.
Cook would be inhibited from playing for a time, with shin splints and stress fractures delaying his progress. He was restricted to only seven first-class performances in 2000, and when his mentor Angus Fraser
Angus Fraser
Angus Robert Charles Fraser is the current Managing Director of Cricket of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and a former English cricketer and journalist....
left two years later, Cook helped to continue the tide of wickets, recording his best figures of 8 for 63, and finishing just shy of 50 wickets for the season. In 2004 he scored 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake
Adam Hollioake
Adam John Hollioake is a cricketing all-rounder who played for Surrey and England. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, winning three County Championships, and led the England cricket team in One Day Internationals...
.
He signed a contract with Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
at the end of 2004 and has become a regular first teamer mostly taking the new ball and sometimes acting as a night watchman. His brother, Adam
Adam Cook (cricketer)
Adam Philip Cook is a former English cricketer. Cook was a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire....
, has played Minor counties and List A cricket for Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.