Simon Cook (Australian cricketer)
Simon Hewitt Cook (born 29 January 1972) is an Australian former cricketer.
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| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 373) | 20 November 1997 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 November 1997 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993/94–1994/95 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995/96–2000/01 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 2 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After graduating from the Australian Cricket Academy, he debuted for Victoria early in 1993. He showed promise in the 1993/94 season, taking 30 wickets at 29.5.
He moved to New South Wales in the 1995/96 season. He was a surprise selection in two Test matches against New Zealand late in 1997, despite being considered by some to be not even up to first-class standard.[1] On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against New Zealand in Perth.[2]
Soon after his two Tests, which yielded a respectable bowling average of 20 as a replacement for Glenn McGrath, Cook disappeared off the scene fairly quickly due to injuries. He did play four more Sheffield Shield games in that 1997/98 season, including two four-wicket hauls, but in 1998/99 played just two games for just one wicket. He missed the entire 1999/2000 first-class season, and his next match in December 2000 turned out to be his last in the Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield.
Cook retired from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2003-04 season, playing with Victorian Premier Cricket's Melbourne Cricket Club.
References
- Simon Cook, Australia Cricket, Cricinfo.com
- "2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 20-23, 1997". espncricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2011.