Simon Cook (English cricketer)

Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor in Oxfordshire before a year later being signed by Middlesex along with Andrew Strauss. After suffering from shin splints and stress fractures he gradually established himself as a front-line bowler in the County Championship. In 2004 he took 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake. He became a regular first teamer, mostly taking the new ball. He won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup and the 2009 County Championship Division Two title with the county. He retired from county cricket at the end of the 2012 county season. == Coaching career ==

He had completed his coaching training to the highest level whilst still a player and took a role coaching France before the 2013 European T20 Championship. He then took a role as head coach of the Hong Kong Cricket Club In 2015 he was appointed the interim head coach of the Hong Kong national team. His time as head coach saw the team record their first One Day International and first-class victories in 2015, take part in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and record a first victory over an ICC Full Member, beating Afghanistan in 2018. ==References==