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Full name Stephen James Cook
Born July 31, 1953, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 55 years 67 days
Major teams South Africa,Somerset,Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Relations Son - SC Cook
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
6
0
107
43
17.83
373
28.68
0
0
10
0
0
0
ODIs
4
4
0
67
35
16.75
118
56.77
0
0
4
0
1
0
First-class
270
475
57
21143
313*
50.58
64
87
157
0
List A
286
281
24
10639
177
41.39
24
63
89
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
270
144
107
3
2/25
35.66
4.45
48.0
0
0
List A
286
6
4
1
1/4
1/4
4.00
4.00
6.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v India at Durban, Nov 13-17, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 10, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1972/73 - 1994/95
List A span
1972/73 - 1994/95
Profile
Jimmy Cook was an exceptional opening batsman who was unfortunate in that most of his career coincided with the twilight days of the apartheid regime. By the time he made his belated international debut he was almost 40 and past his best. Originally a middle-order batsman for Transvaal, it was when he moved to become an opener that his career took off. He broke almost every domestic record for his province, and when he finally got a chance overseas - with Somerset - he underlined his quality with a huge number of runs, more than 7500 in three summers, including 28 hundreds. A first-choice for South Africa against various rebel touring sides, he was not picked when South Africa returned to the international fold, but finally made his Test debut against India in 1992-93. By then, however, he had begun to show weakness against pace and his fielding, which had been brilliant in his youth, was letting him down. His enthusiasm remained undiminished, and in his latter years he captained Transvaal with success. He turned his hand to coaching, first as director of coaching with the UCBSA, and then in a unsuccessful stint with Hampshire which ended in his dismissal in 2002. As a coach at King Edward School in Johannesburg he oversaw the development of Graeme Smith. He went on to become a batting coach for the Highveld Lions.
Martin Williamson
