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Full name | Samuel James Cook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chelmsford, Essex, England | 4 August 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium/off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Loughborough MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Essex (squad no. 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Trent Rockets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023/24 | Joburg Super Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 31 March 2016 Loughborough MCCU v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 17 May 2018 Essex v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 September 2024 |
Samuel James Cook (born 4 August 1997) is an English cricketer. [1] He made his first-class debut on 31 March 2016 for Loughborough MCCU against Surrey as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. [2] He played for Essex against the West Indies during their tour of England in August 2017. He was part of the 2017 County Championship winning Essex squad. [3]
He made his List A debut for Essex in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 17 May 2018. [4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Essex in the 2018 T20 Blast on 4 July 2018. [5] In September 2020,in the final of the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy,Cook took a five-wicket haul. [6] In April 2022,he was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred. [7]
Cook was included in the England Lions squad to tour Australia in January 2025. [8] [9]
He grew up in Chelmsford,Essex and attended Barnes Farm Junior School, [10] Great Baddow High School [11] and Loughborough University. [12] Cook is a supporter of Manchester United F.C. [13]
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