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Full name Nicholas Grant Billson Cook
Born June 17, 1956, Leicester
Current age 52 years 119 days
Major teams England,Leicestershire,Northamptonshire
Nickname Beast, Rag'ead
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Other Umpire
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Lutterworth High
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
25
4
179
31
8.52
759
23.58
0
0
16
0
5
0
ODIs
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
0
First-class
356
365
96
3138
75
11.66
0
4
197
0
List A
223
89
36
491
23
9.26
0
0
74
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
25
4174
1689
52
6/65
11/83
32.48
2.42
80.2
1
4
1
ODIs
3
3
144
95
5
2/18
2/18
19.00
3.95
28.8
0
0
0
First-class
356
64460
25507
879
7/34
29.01
2.37
73.3
31
4
List A
223
10077
6812
200
4/22
4/22
34.06
4.05
50.3
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Aug 11-15, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 24-29, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 26, 1984 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Pakistan at Cuttack, Oct 22, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1978 - 1994
List A span
1979 - 1994
Profile
Nick Cook was a slow left-armer who showed rare penetration for a modern-day English finger-spinner. Cook only made his debut, against New Zealand at Lord's in 1983, because Phil Edmonds ricked his back getting out of a car, but he didn't look back. He took 5 for 35 in his first innings, and four five-fors in his first four Tests (by contrast, John Emburey took six in 64 Tests), including two against Pakistan in Karachi in 1983-84 on his way to match figures of 11 for 83. But after taking 32 wickets at an average of 17 in those four Tests, he was impotence personified: his last 11 Tests brought 20 wickets at an average of 57. Cook was also the bowler when England surrendered the Ashes in 1989 - David Boon swept him to seal victory at Old Trafford. He subsequently became an umpire.
Martin Williamson
