Stephen Cook (cricketer)

Stephen Cook
Personal information
Full name Stephen Craig Cook
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Opening batsman
Relations SJ Cook (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 326) 22 January 2016 v England
Last Test 24 November 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2015 Gauteng
2004–present Lions (squad no. 6)
2015–present North West
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 6 182 148 20
Runs scored 399 12,605 5,087 477
Batting average 39.90 41.34 38.83 23.85
100s/50s 2/1 39/50 9/37 0/2
Top score 115 390 127* 66
Balls bowled 12 774 225 –
Wickets 0 10 5 –
Bowling average – 44.40 45.20 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 –
10 wickets in match – 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling – 3/42 1/2 –
Catches/stumpings 2/– 117/– 25/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 November 2016

Stephen Craig Cook (born 29 November 1982) is a South African Test cricketer for the Proteas, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook. He is a classic right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler formerly for Gauteng following his debut in 2001, and for Lions since 2004. In 2010 he scored 390 runs in a single innings, surpassing several South African and international first-class cricket records, and was included in the South Africa A squad.[1][2] On 18 January 2016 he was added to South Africa's Test squad, and became the 6th South African (and 100th Test player) to score a century on debut during the first day of the fourth Test against England.[3][4]

Career

Cook was born in November 1982 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, son of former Test cricketer Jimmy Cook, himself an "exceptional opening batsman" with over 20,000 first-class runs.[5]

Record innings

Cook holds the record highest score in South African first-class cricket – 390 from 648 balls on 25 October 2009 against the Warriors – which was also the team's first triple century.[6][7] Cook had previously been a spectator to his father's own 313 and Daryll Cullinan's previous-record 337, and commented later that "When my brother and I used to play cricket in the garden, there was one score neither of us could ever go past and that was dad's. Neither of us could ever score more than 313."[8] Cook's score is also the twelfth-highest and fourth-longest in first-class cricket history – taking over 14 hours to complete – and was part of a record-breaking 365-run partnership with Thami Tsolekile, also a record for South African first-class cricket.[1]

Test centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 115  England 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 22 January 2016 Won [9]
2 104  Australia 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 27 November 2016 Lost [10]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Cook smashes South African batting record". CricInfo. ESPN. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Parnell included in South Africa A squad". CricInfo. ESPN. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Cook eager to take Test chance". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "England tour of South Africa, 4th Test: South Africa v England at Centurion, Jan 22-26, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Stephen Cook". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  6. ↑ "SuperSport Series, Warriors v Lions at East London, Oct 22-25, 2009". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  7. ↑ "Records / Lions / First-class matches / High scores". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Cook basks in 'almost perfect' innings". CricInfo. ESPN. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  9. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-england-2015-16/engine/match/800467.html
  10. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1000855.html

References

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