Background
He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Crook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. Crook made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2000 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Crook played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2000 to 2002, which included 5 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
In 2002, he made his only List A appearance against Warwickshire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.
In this match, he took 2 wickets for 43 runs from 10 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Alan Richardson.