Prolific Essex seamer Sam Cook will sit out this week’s county action as he nears a maiden England call-up for the Test against Zimbabwe next month. Cook, 27, has an extraordinary domestic record for ...

Seamer Sam Cook will miss Essex’s County Championship clash with Worcestershire at the request of England as a possible Test debut looms. Cook, among the most impressive county bowlers in the country ...

Without the late Sam Cooke, there really is no modern R&B. Without his multi-faceted talents as a performer, vocalist, songwriter and behind-the-scenes entrepreneur, it’s difficult to imagine ...

Sam Cook has a problem. Thursday morning is likely to be the pinnacle of his career so far. An England Test debut for the Essex seamer, the outstanding bowler in domestic cricket for some time. Plenty ...

In July 2004, I went on a nine-day driving and reporting tour of Mississippi. On my itinerary was a pilgrimage to the house in Clarksdale where Sam Cooke was born. Cooke has been an obsession of mine ...