Simon Cook (Australian cricketer)

Simon Hewitt Cook (born 29 January 1972) is an Australian former cricketer.

Simon Cook

Cricket information
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 373)	20 November 1997 v New Zealand
Last Test	27 November 1997 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993/94–1994/95	Victoria
1995/96–2000/01	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 2 32 16 Runs scored 3 174 22 Batting average – 8.69 3.66 100s/50s 0/0 0/00 0/0 Top score 3* 27 11* Balls bowled 224 4,821 730 Wickets 7 84 15 Bowling average 20.28 30.82 37.13 5 wickets in innings 1 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/39 5/39 4/42 Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/– 7/–
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. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against New Zealand in Perth.

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.

External links

• Simon Cook at ESPNcricinfo