Essex seamstress Sam Cook has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep him at Chelmsford until the end of the 2025 season.
The 25-year-old has won 51 County Championship wickets in 2022 averaging just 16.23.
He also contributed 12 wickets in the T20 Blast and claimed 4-18 as Trent Rockets beat Manchester Originals by two wickets to win The Hundred.
Cook will tour Sri Lanka with the England Lions squad later this month.
“Sam has become one of the best bowlers in the county and his great attitude and willingness to learn means he will only get better,” said Essex head coach Anthony McGrath.
Cook’s new contract follows extensions signed by Tom Westley, Paul Walter, Ben Allison, Michael Pepper and Shane Snater.
He is the first bowler to reach 200 first-class wickets at an average of under 20 since Derbyshire’s Alan Ward in 1971.
