Simon Cook (English cricketer)

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Simon Cook
England
Personal information
Full name Simon James Cook
Nickname Cooky, Chef
Born 15 January 1977 (1977-01-15) (age 31)
Oxford, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Role Bowler
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years Team
2005 – Kent (squad no. 7)
1997 – 2004 Middlesex
Career statistics
FC LA T20
Matches 103 151 27
Runs scored 1887 1149 106
Batting average 16.40 17.14 15.14
100s/50s 0/5 0/2 0/0
Top score 93* 67* 25*
Balls bowled 15818 6768 559
Wickets 259 193 39
Bowling average 32.13 27.63 17.69
5 wickets in innings 9 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/63 6/37 3/14
Catches/stumpings 31/– 23/– 3/–

As of 27 December 2007
Source: Cricinfo

Simon James Cook (born January 15, 1977) is an English cricketer. 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.

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