Captain Cook's first-grade endeavour should be applauded

By Daniel Lane
Updated November 29 2014 - 9:08pm, first published 8:00pm
Back at the crease: Mark Waugh.
Back at the crease: Mark Waugh.

Last Sunday, it seemed Western Suburbs captain Jeff Cook had perpetrated perhaps the worst sin imaginable in grade cricket when, in an attempt to give Michael Clarke the opportunity to bat against Parramatta for what would have been week two of the game, he declared when the Magpies were 0-17.