Former Northants captain and current Durham head coach Geoff Cook is in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack.
Durham CCC today released the following statement regarding the 61-year-old: “Durham County Cricket Club can confirm that head coach Geoff Cook was taken ill at Chester-le-Street this morning.
“Geoff was taken to hospital and is undergoing treatment for a suspected heart attack.
“The club is awaiting further news on his condition and our thoughts are with Geoff, Judith and his family.”
Durham are due to host Hampshire at the Emirates ICG on Saturday in a Yorkshire Bank 40 match.
While a Northants player, Cook played in seven Tests and six one-day internationals for England in 1982 and 1983.
He partnered Wayne Larkins in a formidable opening batting partnership for the County, and skippered Northants to the 1981 and 1987 NatWest Trophy Finals, as well as the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup Final.
All three games were narrowly lost.
Cook left Wantage Road and became director of cricket at Durham when they became a first-class county in 1991.
He was named as head coach in 2007, immediately winning the Friends Provident Trophy, and brought the club back to back county championship titles in 2007 and 2008.
They had never won the championship before.