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| Full name | David Roland Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1936 Birmingham, West Midlands, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Michael Cook (brother) Cynthia cook (wife) Robert cook, Michael cook, Emma cook, Darren cook (children) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962–1968 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,10 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Roland Cook (born 2 September 1936) is a former English cricketer. Cook was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Birmingham,Warwickshire.
Cook made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Oxford University in 1962. He next appeared for the county in first-class cricket in 1967 against Middlesex in the County Championship. [1] Cook made seven further first-class appearances for the county,the last of which came against Kent in the 1968 County Championship. [1] In his total of nine first-class appearances,he scored 108 runs at an average of 13.50,with a high score of 28*. [2] With the ball,he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 23.21,with best figures of 4/66. [3] Cook also made a single List A appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset in the 1967 Gillette Cup. [4] His only wicket in the match was that of Mervyn Kitchen,while with the bat he was run out for 3,with Somerset winning by 23 runs. [5]
Cook also played rugby union for Coventry and Warwickshire. [6] His brother,Michael,was also a first-class cricketer.