On the rise: Sam Cook
(Picture: Getty Images)The last Cook to play for England - a certain legendary opening batter - was James Anderson’s best mate. The next might one day prove his successor.
That was the lofty expectation being bestowed upon the uncapped Sam Cook by the end of his superb 2022 County Championship campaign, including by Tom Westley, the seamer’s captain at Essex, where among others to have sung his praises is, of course, namesake Sir Alastair.
