Facts: - source: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10793.html cricinfo - role: batsman - fivefor: - - - - - country: england - bowling: slow left arm - birth date: 9 october 1951 - deliveries: 42 - 1238 12 - columns: 4 - heightft: 6 - s/s: - / 2 - / - 37/112 4/53 - year: 1971 2009 -- 1990 1978 -- 1981 1991 -- 1995 - name: geoff cook - birth place: middlesbrough , yorkshire , england - date: 1951 10 9 yes - image: geoff cook portrait.jpg - image caption: geoff 2011 cook at delhi private school , dubai in - column: test odi fc od - catches/stumpings: 9 - / - 2 / - 419/3 157 / - fullname: geoffrey cook - tenfor: - - - - - matches: 7 6 460 377 - heightinch: 0 - batting: right handed - runs: 203 106 23277 8705 - wickets: - - 15 - - club: northamptonshire eastern province durham Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of geoff cook .
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geoff cook -lrb- born geoffrey cook , 9 october 1951 , middlesbrough , yorkshire -rrb- is a former english cricketer , who played in seven tests and six odis 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 '' .