Simon Cook (English cricketer)

Simon Cook

Personal information
Full name	Simon James Cook
Born	15 January 1977 (1977-01-15) Oxford, England
Nickname	Cooky, Chef, Buffet
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Adam Cook (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005 –	Kent (squad no. 7)
1997 – 2004	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	104	164	39
Runs scored	1887	1193	106
Batting average	16.40	17.04	15.14
100s/50s	0/5	0/2	0/0
Top score	93*	67*	25*
Balls bowled	15860	7291	835
Wickets	259	205	50
Bowling average	32.22	28.01	21.38
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/–	26/–	7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2008

Simon James Cook (born January 15, 1977 in Oxford) 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. His brother, Adam, has played Minor counties and List A cricket for Oxfordshire.

External links

• Player profile: Simon Cook (English cricketer) from ESPNcricinfo