Kent seamer Simon Cook signs new one-year contract
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Reliable seamer Simon Cook has signed a new one-year contract to
stay with Kent next season.
The 34-year-old is the final member of the squad to have his
immediate future cleared up and follows Sam Northeast, Adam Riley,
Chris Piesley and Azhar Mahmood in deciding to stay with the club
in 2012.
Cook (pictured), who has been with Kent since signing from
Middlesex after the 2004 season, has agreed terms on a one-year
deal and is expected to be announced by the club later this
week.
The seamer, who got married in Sweden after the end of the
season, had an injury troubled year for Kent, breaking his finger
twice, which restricted him to just seven LV= County Championship
and two Friends Life t20 appearances all summer.
Rumours during the season suggested Cook may take on a coaching
role at the county next season, but his deal is believed to be a
playing contract only.
Elsewhere, the final round of interviews for Kent's vacant head
coach role takes place on Thursday with the final six candidates
believed to have been whittled down to a far smaller number.
The club have also denied rumours that Alan Wells, the former
Kent, Sussex and England batsman, has been offered the position,
and remain hopeful of making their appointment before
Christmas.
While the future of the county's out of contract players has now
been cleared up, the search for new players to bolster the squad
for next season continues with Kent hopeful of announcing a new
addition next week.
Neither Worcestershire seamer Chris Whelan or Middlesex batsman
Dan Housego, both released at the end of the season, are targets
for the county, while David Balcombe, who excelled while on loan at
the St Lawrence Ground last season, is no longer an option having
signed a new three-year contract at Hampshire.
Kent's chief executive, Jamie Clifford, said: "As for our
targets, we want to get the right player at the right price but
there are so many things that will come into consideration, such as
Rob Key's wrist injury, the availability of our players on England
under-19 duty and how our players come back after the winter."
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Wednesday, December 14 2011
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