Geoff Cook

England

Full name Geoffrey Cook

Born October 9, 1951, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire

Current age 69 years 105 days

Major teams England, Durham, Eastern Province, Northamptonshire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Height 6 ft 0 in

Education Middlesborough High School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	7	13	0	203	66	15.61	529	38.37	0	2	20	0	9	0
ODIs	6	6	0	106	32	17.66	261	40.61	0	0	6	0	2	0
First-class	460	793	65	23277	203	31.97			37	112			419	3
List A	370	346	28	8456	130	26.59			4	51			154	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	7	3	42	27	0	-	-	-	3.85	-	0	0	0
ODIs	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	460		1238	806	15	3/47		53.73	3.90	82.5		0	0
List A	370		12	10	0	-	-	-	5.00	-	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-7, 1983 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v England at Ahmedabad, Nov 25, 1981 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v England at Brisbane, Jan 16, 1983 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1971 - 1990
List A span	1972 - 1992

Profile

Though a very able county opening batsman, Geoff Cook's main contribution to English cricket has been as an administrator and coach. Having been instrumental in improving the lot of the county pro through his diligent work as secretary and chairman of the Cricketer's Association, in 1991 he returned to his native north-east as Director of Cricket for Durham's maiden season as a first-class county. He 2007 he was named coach and guided the club to their first silverware, the Friends Provident Trophy. However, better followed the following season when Durham secured the Championship with victory against Kent. "I think this is probably my proudest achievement," he said.

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