Full name Simon James Cook Date joined 2005 Batting style Right-handed Role English cricketer | Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Name Simon Cook Nickname Cooky, Chef, Buffet Relations Adam Cook (brother) | |
Born 15 January 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-01-15 ) Oxford, England Current team Kent County Cricket Club (#7) | ||
Bowling style Right arm medium-fast | ||
Simon James Cook (born 15 January 1977 in Oxford) is a former English cricketer who is the head coach of the Hong Kong cricket team. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Middlesex and Kent at first class level between 1999 and 2012. Cook batted right handed.
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His brother, Adam, has played Minor counties and List A cricket for Oxfordshire.
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Cricket career
Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor in Oxfordshire before a year later being signed by Middlesex along with Andrew Strauss. After suffering from shin splints and stress fractures he gradually established himself as a front-line bowler in the County Championship. In 2004 he scored 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake.
After seven years at Middlesex, Cook signed a contract with Kent at the end of 2004. He became a regular first teamer, mostly taking the new ball. He won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup and the 2009 County Championship Division Two title with the county. He retired from county cricket at the end of the 2012 county season.
Coaching career
He had completed his coaching training to the highest level whilst still a player and took a role coaching France before the 2013 European T20 Championship. He then took a role as head coach of the Hong Kong Cricket Club before becoming the bowling coach of the Hong Kong national cricket team in 2013.
In 2015 he was appointed the head coach of the Hong Kong national side.