deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
224 4821 2 - / - 5 / - 1997 - - right-arm fast-medium australian 1 2 left-hand bat simon cook 1997 tests first-class true 20 november 20 november 3 174 1997 7 84 27 november - / - - / - 2 32 simon cook -lrb- australian cricketer -rrb-

simon cook -lrb- australian cricketer -rrb-

simon hewitt cook -lrb- born 29 january 1972 in hastings , victoria -rrb- is an australian cricketer .
after graduating from the australian cricket academy , he debuted for victoria early in 1993 .
he showed promise in the 1993/94 season , taking 30 wickets at 29.5 .
he moved to new south wales in the 1995/96 season .
he was a surprise selection in two tests against new zealand late in 1997 , despite not being considered even up to first-class standard .
on his debut , he took five wickets in the second innings against new zealand in perth .
soon after his two tests , which yielded a respectable average of 20 as a replacement for glenn mcgrath , cook disappeared off the scene fairly quickly due to injuries .
he did play 4 more sheffield shield games in that 1997/98 season , including 2 four-wicket hauls , but in 1998/99 played just two games for just one wicket .
he missed the entire 1999/2000 first-class season , and his next match in december 2000 turned out to be his last in the pura cup/sheffield shield .
cook retired from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2003-04 season , playing with victorian premier cricket 's melbourne cricket club .
