Stephen Cook (cricketer)
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Stephen Craig Cook is a South Africa
n first class cricketer, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook
. He is a right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler formerly for Gauteng following his debut in 2000, and for Lions since 2009. 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.
, Transvaal
, son of former Test cricketer Jimmy Cook
, himself an "exceptional opening batsman" with over 20,000 first-class runs.
– which was also the team's first triple century. 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 dads. Neither of us could ever score more than 313." 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.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n first class cricketer, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook
Jimmy Cook
Stephen James Cook is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. His son Stephen Cook currently plays for Gauteng....
. He is a right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler formerly for Gauteng following his debut in 2000, and for Lions since 2009. 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.
Career
Cook was born in November 1982 in JohannesburgJohannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
, son of former Test cricketer Jimmy Cook
Jimmy Cook
Stephen James Cook is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. His son Stephen Cook currently plays for Gauteng....
, himself an "exceptional opening batsman" with over 20,000 first-class runs.
Record innings
Cook holds the record highest score in South African first-class cricket – 390 from 648 balls on October 25, 2009 against the WarriorsWarriors cricket team
The Chevrolet Warriors is the name used by the combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Warriors are St George's Park, Port Elizabeth and Buffalo Park, East London....
– which was also the team's first triple century. 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 dads. Neither of us could ever score more than 313." 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
Thami Tsolekile
Thami Lungisa Tsolekile is a South African cricketer who has played three Test matches for South Africa as a wicket-keeper in 2004–05. He was educated in Cape Town at Pinelands High...
, also a record for South African first-class cricket.