Floundering Cook seeks resurgence in Durham
The runs have dried up, so Stephen follows in the footsteps of dad Jimmy in a bid to make SA team for England tour
On April 20 1989, Jimmy Cook walked out with Peter Roebuck to open the batting for Somerset against Hampshire. It was Cook’s 150th first-class match but his first outside SA and Zimbabwe‚ a nod to the realities of apartheid — which among its many deprivations denied thousands of his compatriots the chance to play abroad. Cook’s son‚ Stephen‚ does not have to factor an evil regime into his bid to keep playing at the highest level. But he has other problems. Like scoring only 17 runs in four innings in SA’s recent Test series in New Zealand ‚ which led to him being dropped. Now Cook junior is following in his father’s footsteps in a bid to save his career. "I’ve got great memories of touring with my old man when he played for Somerset‚" Stephen Cook said. "That idea of having my family on the road and doing the same thing 28 years down the line is very appealing." So he agreed to play for Durham in the first half of this English summer‚ mostly to try and help the troubled county — whi...
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