Simon Hewitt Cook (born 29 January 1972) is an Australian former

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er. After graduating from the

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, he debuted for

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early in 1993. He showed promise in the 1993–94 season, taking 30 wickets at 29.5. He moved to

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in the 1995–96 season. He was a surprise selection in two

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against

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late in 1997, despite being considered by some to be not even up to first-class standard.Simon Cook
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, Cook disappeared off the scene fairly quickly due to injuries. He did play four more

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games in that 1997–98 season, including two 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

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