Two months later he withdrew from the international squad due to personal reasons.

Lobster Magazine describes it as a "small international squad of commandos".

Despite averaging 49 from these four games, Cook felt he was a long way from the international squad.

He was called up to the full international squad within 12 months.

He is usually named for Malaysia's international squad to play with their opponents.

Now he's a different player, has matured, become ready to take responsibility and his prize is a place in the international squad.

That's the problem with having only four teams - 60 places a week, and we're expected to name more players than that across two international squads.

A men's international squad followed eight years later, but the game remains more popular with women than men in the United States.

Despite this talent, he was never part of the Irish international squad.

Now, those hometown heroes are fighting for playing time on what is essentially an international all-star squad.