The home side took the lead when Jon-Paul Pittman tucked Glenn Wilson's pass into the left corner of the net.

Cook grabbed a second when he converted Mustapha Carayol's cross from six yards and then headed home a third from Pittman's cross before the break.

Cook put the result beyond doubt when he fired home a low shot before Chris Hope scored a late consolation for the visitors with a header.

Crawley Town: Bayes, Watson, Stevens, Thompson, Bulman (James 64), Wilson, Pinault, Cook (Vieira 89), Murphy, Pittman, Carayol (Krause 76).
Subs Not Used: Blackburn, Joseph-Dubois.

Booked: Carayol.

Goals: Pittman 11, Cook 33, 37, 63.

Rushden & D'monds: Bastock, Osano, Gulliver, Hope, Woodhouse, Jackson, Burgess (Shaw 55), Rankine, Tomlin (Kelly 56), Howell, Hales (Challinor 55).
Subs Not Used: Margarson, El Kholti.

Booked: Hope, Woodhouse.

Goals: Hope 85.

Att: 1,226

Ref: David Phillips (West Sussex).