Simon Cook has detailed some of the challenges he has faced as he adapts to being Kent’s director of cricket. Cook stepped up from his bowling coach post in October to replace the retiring Paul Downton. It is Cook’s first experience in the role, albeit he previously worked as head coach of Hong Kong before he returned to the UK in 2019. He has helped Kent submit a bid to the England & Wales Cricket Board to become one of eight counties with a tier-one professional women’s team from the 2025 season. The 47-year-old said: “When you take on the director of cricket role, you feel like you’re going…