Geoff Cook
Geoffrey Cook (born 9 October 1951) is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Test matches and six One Day Internationals from 1981 to 1983. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated "A player held in great respect by his fellow professionals, Cook got his big chance when the first rebel tour went to South Africa in 1982, but he was unable to convert his consistent county form into Test success". Career In county cricket he played for Northamptonshire where, along with Robin Boyd-Moss, he achieved a second wicket partnership of 344, which remains a Northamptonshire record. Cook made a century as captain and was man of the match in the final of the NatWest Bank Trophy in 1981 at Lord's against Derbyshire, although he finished on the losing side. (The previous year he had had a happier experience at Lord's, helping Northamptonshire to win the Benson and Hedges Cup.) His 1981 Lord's hundred helped win Cook selection on England's tours that to winter to India and Sri Lanka. It was observed that he mounted a "staunch battle for Test recognition" towards the end of these tours, with scores of 104 in successive first-class innings against the Central Zone, and the