STEADY CLIMB TO THE TOP by Rob Johnston • Last updated on Share Tweet “I’m not blowing my own trumpet but I think I have definitely added pace this year,” Cook © Getty By his own admission, Sam Cook, the Essex fast-bowler, is not an in-your-face type of guy. There is not much he does for show. Sledging opposing batsmen is not his thing – Cook says he is rubbish at it anyway – and a play and miss or a dropped catch is often met with just a wry smile or a grimace rather than a temper tantrum. Cook prefers to let his performances speak for themselves so it was no surprise that when asked if he had called Chris Silverwood, his former coach at Essex, to press his England claims, there was horror in Cook’s voice. “I wouldn’t dare do that. No, I wouldn’t call Spoons.” With a first-class record that currently reads 162 wickets at an average of 20.35 with ten five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket games in just 47 matches, Cook doesn’t need to be calling anyone up to lay his credentials on the table. This term was another successful one. He finished the third highest… Read full this story
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