England vs Zimbabwe: Sam Cook to make debut in four-day Test at Trent Bridge

20 May 2025, 10:08 | Updated: 20 May 2025, 14:14

Sam Cook will make his England debut in the four-day Test match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge from Thursday, live on Sky Sports.

The Essex seam bowler has been rewarded for taking 321 first-class wickets in 89 games at an average of 19.85, including 10 in the County Championship so far this year.

Cook, 27, is preferred in the XI to Durham's Matthew Potts and will form a pace attack with Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue and fit-again captain Ben Stokes, who has recovered from a hamstring injury sustained in New Zealand in December.

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