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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Harry Brook - Star in the making

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Congratulations to Harry Brook! after England announced that he will be making his Test debut against South Africa.
 
His debut Test…

And he is next into bat…
 
His first Test innings ends with 12 runs to his name.

Looks a classy batter and someone who could play for England for a long time.
 
Will need to be a lot more selective with his shots going forward. Could've made hay during the summer.
 
Looking tame so far versus Pakistan but could well open up soon...
 
MenInG said:
Looking tame so far versus Pakistan but could well open up soon...
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Looked incredible from the moment he went out there.

Class class player who’s out batting everyone on this pitch. Makes it look so easy. Especially considering he came in with an older ball.
 
England has the likes of Harry Brook, while we have the likes of Khushdil Shah.

Spot the difference!
 
Future ATG in the making.

It wasn’t the runs he scored, he just looked so assured.
 
Terrific white ball talent obviously but can he crack Test cricket? I think he will. Something very assured and compact about his batting.
 
His range of shots is very impressive and that's why bowlers struggle against him.

He can bat in an orthodox way and also has the clever shots that modern day players can play.

Fantastic talent.
 
The county of Yorkshire just keeps churning out gun cricketers… never stops.
 
People won’t like to hear this but his ceiling is higher than Babar’s. He is a generational talent.
 
Mamoon said:
People won’t like to hear this but his ceiling is higher than Babar’s. He is a generational talent.
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That is ridiculous at this time. One is a proven player, the other just starting. HB oozes talent though.
 
bujhee kom said:
That is ridiculous at this time. One is a proven player, the other just starting. HB oozes talent though.
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Happy to stick my neck out on this and I am more than happy to be disproved but this guy scored 81 in 35 balls without playing a single shot that would look out of place in a Test match.

I can’t think of many players that could do this. He is a diamond for England.
 
If Joe Root says the lad is a great batter then you know he's a damn good player.

In fact, Root spoke about him when nobody had heard of him.
 
This kid is insane. I would say he will go down as an all time great once he retires. Insane shots. Proper shots.
 
Mamoon said:
People won’t like to hear this but his ceiling is higher than Babar’s. He is a generational talent.
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Talent wise he’s is as good as anyone. Will be surprised if he doesn’t end up as one of the greats.
 
Harry Brook: “I like Pakistan. I had a bit of success in the PSL so it feels like I’m at home here.”
 
Just watching his previous innnings in all formats. What a player. Reminds me of Viv . What’s. Your talent Why is he not in the World Cup squad?
 
Ok. Thanks. I don’t know why I thought he was not. He is a once in a generation talent.
 
Amazing player - cool assassin type temperament!
 
First Test fifty for Brook - Going nuts at the moment.
 
150 for Harry Brook - totally pulverizing Pakistan!
 
What a devastating century by Brook, in only his 2nd innings! Murdered our front line spinner

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The 27 runs he hit off Zahid was the most by an England batter in a Test over.
 
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MenInG said:
The 27 runs he hit off Zahid was the most by an England batter in a Test over.
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A test of superlatives - fastest ton by an England opener, fastest ton by an England #3, highest England score in Asia.
 
Harry Brook speaking in presser

"With the amount of runs we had on the board, we had the freedom to go out and play however we wanted," Brook explained, wide-eyed like a kid told he'd be left home alone with a stocked drinks cabinet. "I wouldn't say I was being reckless until I got out, but no, I took the positive option and played my shots."

About the 27 run over

"That first set he bowled six bad balls and I just put them away, the second set obviously he came round the wicket, I felt like reverse was quite a free option, so I took it on first ball and then had to change, and then it got later in the over and I was getting closer to the record, so my eyes lit up then."

"Obviously I've had quite a bit of experience [in Pakistan] but I've never played here before - so to come here and the pitch is quite similar to the other grounds is quite nice.

"I feel like it's true, so you can play it as it comes down really, if it's there to drive, drive and if it's there to cut, cut it."

"I can't tell you that, we've got three days to play yet!" he joked when pressed on any tactics. "We went through a few plans there, probably stick to bowling straight. It's going to start getting lower I think, and it's going to start going underground.

"If we start there hopefully we can get a few lb[w]s which keep low and obviously we tried the bouncers. It's just about striking at the right time and going bang, bang really."
 
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Playing another gorgeous little knock here

What a talent.
 
He has a Vaughanesque “Yorkshire” cover drive.
 
79* (58) in the second innings so far, this lad is just sensational.
 
Incredible talent.

Harry Brook in the Rawalpindi Test match:

153 off 116 balls
87 off 65 balls

A total of 240 runs off 181 balls at a strike-rate of 132.60

He's hit 30 fours and 8 sixes
 
You could argue that this was a matchwinning performance from him.
 
Gilbert Jessop's record for the fastest Test hundred by an Englishman - 76 balls - remains intact but it was twice in jeopardy in Rawalpindi last week as Harry Brook rapidly racked up runs.

Brook eventually fell short of Jessop's achievement, which had been set against Australia at The Oval in 1902, with his hundred in England's first innings against Pakistan reached from 80 balls and the Yorkshireman then bowled for 87 from 65 deliveries in the second during his team's 74-run win in the series opener.

"I was going for it second innings!" the 23-year-old told Michael Atherton ahead of Friday's second Test in Multan, live on Sky Sports Cricket (4.30am on air ahead of the first ball at 5am).

"I didn't know the record was that long ago. I thought Jonny (Bairstow) held the record [Bairstow scored a 77-ball century against New Zealand at Trent Bridge earlier this year]."

Brook did leave Rawalpindi with the record for the most runs by an England batter in an over in Test cricket after smoking Pakistan spinner Zahid Mahmood for 27 on day two as he took his score from its overnight 101 off 81 balls to 153 off 116.

He was on course to nail six boundaries in an over for the second time in the game, having clubbed six fours off Saud Shakeel on day one, but, to use his word, "hacked" the final ball for three.

It was a record-breaking Test for England with feats including becoming the first side to plunder 500 on the opening day and the first to have four centurions on day one, with Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope each reaching three figures.

Their run-rate across the Test was also unprecedented (6.50 in the first innings, 7.36 in the second) as they piled on 921 runs in 136.5 overs - 657 from 101 in their opening dig and then 264-7 declared from 35.5 in their second.

"It feels like you can go out and do whatever you want. If I want to reverse sweep first ball, I have licence almost. You feel like you can do anything," said Brook after England's aggressive cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum yielded a seventh win in eight Tests.

"The captain is leading from the front. His first innings was unbelievable. He only got 41 but he scored at a strike-rate of 227. If we didn't bat like we did in that first innings, we would have had no chance of winning the game.

"How the boys have taken things on has been exceptional. To have the confidence from everyone around you in the changing room, the coach especially, makes it so much easier."

Brook was part of England's T20 World Cup-winning squad in Australia last month and is now featuring - and firing - at No 5 in the Test side in place of Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow, who broke his leg on a golf course in September.

"I haven't got many words, to be honest. It's been an exceptional month and one I will look back on forever, probably the highlight for the rest of my career and life," added Brook.

"I didn't think it would go as smoothly as it has and that in my first year for England I would be a World Cup champion but I have always had the inner confidence that I would play for England.

"Playing with and against the best players in the world, you are learning constantly whether that's a good day or a bad day. Usually on your bad days you learn quite a bit more. Playing with Stokesy [Ben Stokes], Rooty [Joe Root], and Jos [Buttler] in the white-ball stuff, you can only go up."

Brook will hope to be snapped up for the 2023 Indian Premier League during December's auction and then press for a spot in England's squad for their 50-over World Cup title defence in India in October and November, but Test cricket remains his "pinnacle".

Some players, like Somerset's Will Smeed, have parked their red-ball careers, but Brook will not be following suit.

He said: "I think in the future we are going to see more people at a younger age sack off red-ball cricket - I reckon there are going to be a lot of white-ball contracts soon. I am probably not going to be one of them. I still think Test cricket is the best format.

"There is so much hype around T20 and so many leagues that you could quite easily, if you are good enough, get rid of red-ball and play every league in the world.

"You can understand why people do it, there is so much money, but I enjoy all formats. I still think Test cricket is the pinnacle and I am still striving to play it as long as possible.

"That win last week was unbelievable. There is no better feeling in cricket. You have grafted for five days and it doesn't feel like you are going to win until you are there.

"It didn't feel like five days, it felt like three weeks. It felt like we were in the field forever! To play on that pitch and get over the line in the last few overs was phenomenal. The captaincy from Stokesy was the best I have ever seen, it was unbelievable."

After the run-fest in Rawalpindi, comes the second Test in Multan - and, perhaps, another chance for Brook to hit England's fastest Test ton. He's coming for you, Gilbert…

SKY
 
Brook having a wonderful series with another 50. One of the best young propects around the world currently.
 
2nd ton of the series comes up.

I’d imagine he is the top scoring batter in this series at the moment.

Averaging 90 in Test cricket.

What a prospect.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Terrific white ball talent obviously but can he crack Test cricket? I think he will. Something very assured and compact about his batting.
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Very different from the others who are primarily Bazballers. He's capable of good proper strokes as well and his defence is strong too so unlike the others he will go alright even on tough pitches and attacks that are not completely pop gun like the current one He's facing.

A superior version of Root.
 
A trickier pitch than the first Test and a mystery spinner, and it’s a best Test match innings so far for Harry Brook. He overcame early issues with reading the spin to play a lovely hand.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Very different from the others who are primarily Bazballers. He's capable of good proper strokes as well and his defence is strong too so unlike the others he will go alright even on tough pitches and attacks that are not completely pop gun like the current one He's facing.

A superior version of Root.
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Yes a superior version of Root, just better than Smith, Lara and Tendulkar.
How does he compare to Bradman?
 
James said:
A trickier pitch than the first Test and a mystery spinner, and it’s a best Test match innings so far for Harry Brook. He overcame early issues with reading the spin to play a lovely hand.
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He looks very good. Hopefully he will be able to adjust his style of play according to the situation.
 
Mobashir said:
Yes a superior version of Root, just better than Smith, Lara and Tendulkar.
How does he compare to Bradman?
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In terms of ability not performances. Not yet, anyway.

He has destroyed Pakistani spinners in this series if that's any indication. Has scored 268 runs , dismissed twice and at a strike rate of 105. That's a spin thrashing of epic proportions .

Of course that could just be because the bowling is near minnow level but gotta give benefit of doubt to young Brook.
 
Ben Stokes has hailed England's all-format rising star Harry Brook as a “phenomenal” talent who reminds him of India legend Virat Kohli.

Ben Stokes believes Harry Brook has the technique to become an all-format superstar like Virat Kohli.

He said "It's not easy to be successful in all three formats & scores everywhere, very rare to have a player to successful in all formats - Virat Kohli is one of those guys".

The 23-year-old Yorkshire batsman has scored quickfire centuries in successive matches as England clinched the Test series in Pakistan.

Stokes' side have now beaten Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa in series (and also won a one-off Test with India) since picking up the pieces after a rotten winter of defeats to Australia and West Indies.

The talismanic all-rounder has changed the mood of English cricket along with Brendon McCullum and has seen young players like Brook revel under his captaincy.

And Stokes admitted it was a “massive call” but said Brook has a touch of Kohli about his batting after his second hundred of the series came just a few weeks after being a part of England’s Twenty20 World Cupwinning side.

“After the summer he had last year, getting all the big-ups before he made his debut at the back end of the summer, to come here and put in that kind of performance again was just phenomenal,” Stokes said.


“He’s one of those rare players that you look across all formats and you can just see him being successful everywhere. It’s a massive shout, but Virat Kohli is one of those guys where his technique is just so simple and works everywhere. The pressure that he puts back onto opposition is exactly what we’re about.”

On their recent turnaround in fortunes, the England captain added: “We all really believe in what we’re trying to do. It’s a very special time to be an England cricketer. One thing we do is we stay in the moment. Don’t take this kind of stuff and this kind of form for granted. And always just keep the mantra of we’re bigger than what we’re actually doing at the moment.

“What we’re trying to do is bigger than results and all that kind of stuff, but obviously it massively helps when you are winning and in the way in which we are winning.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/12/12/ben-stokes-harry-brook-can-englands-virat-kohli/
 
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James said:
The Keighley Killer! (of bowlers)
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He strikes again!

I know his home village well.
A fairly quiet rural market town.

He’s looking like another amazing product of Yorkshire cricket and the English system.
 
James said:
He strikes again!

I know his home village well.
A fairly quiet rural market town.

He’s looking like another amazing product of Yorkshire cricket and the English system.
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Isn't he from Halifax?..

Edit: No.

The Steam Train he is.
 
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SpiritOf1903 said:
Isn't he from Halifax?..
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That would be Alex Lees.


Harry Brook a bit of a hybrid actually:

<I>Brook was born in Keighley but raised in Burley in Wharfedale. His family were active in club cricket. He was educated at Ilkley Grammar School, a comprehensive school in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. At the age of 14, he left having been offered a scholarship at Sedbergh School, an independent boarding school in Cumbria.</I>
 
Seems that Pakistan have no clue how to bowl to him.

You'd think by now they would have some plans on how to restrict his scoring or areas to bowl to him.
 
Saj said:
Seems that Pakistan have no clue how to bowl to him.

You'd think by now they would have some plans on how to restrict his scoring or areas to bowl to him.
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Like with Crawley, they're easily overawed by tall batsmen.
 
Saj said:
Seems that Pakistan have no clue how to bowl to him.

You'd think by now they would have some plans on how to restrict his scoring or areas to bowl to him.
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There was one ball from Abrar when Brook was on 17 where he got himself into a bit of a tangle under his feet, but it wouldn’t have hit the stumps anyway and he survived.

Aside from that — stunningly untroubled.
 
Harry Brook in the current series:

Innings 5
Runs 468 (the most by an England player in a Test series in Pakistan)
Hundreds 3
Fifties 1
Sixes 12
Fours 53
Average 93.60
Strike-rate 93.41
 
James said:
That would be Alex Lees.


Harry Brook a bit of a hybrid actually:

<I>Brook was born in Keighley but raised in Burley in Wharfedale. His family were active in club cricket. He was educated at Ilkley Grammar School, a comprehensive school in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. At the age of 14, he left having been offered a scholarship at Sedbergh School, an independent boarding school in Cumbria.</I>
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He's Northern Soul.yes, definitely confused him with Lees. Not many cricketers coming out of the big Yorkshire cities recently.
 
Brook: I've been very confident in Pakistan

England batter Harry Brook: "It's been a good day for us. We've put it back on them. It would've been nice to get a couple of wickets but there is quite a bit of rough, it's starting to break up and crack. Hopefully that keeps happening, and we can get a bit of spin.

In-form England batter Brook reflects on his third hundred of the series in Pakistan, trying to play spin like AB de Villiers, eclipsing David Gower, and running out Ben Stokes!

"Everybody knows how we are going to play at the minute. This pitch is slightly lower than the other pitches. We have had to go about a little bit differently and play it by ear.

"I'm feeling good at the minute, hopefully it continues. I have scored a lot of runs in certain areas and I stick to that. That majority of my batting has been against spin and I've been very confident out here."

SKY
 
It doesn't matter how he does well against other sides. Right now Pakistan is at the mercy of him. There is no reason why he can't do well against other sides. He is not a slogger. Pretty good shot selection.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It doesn't matter how he does well against other sides. Right now Pakistan is at the mercy of him. There is no reason why he can't do well against other sides. He is not a slogger. Pretty good shot selection.
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Yep. He is a proper player.
 
Harry Brook says Jonny Bairstow should go "straight back" into the England side when he has recovered from a broken leg and dislocated ankle.

Bairstow's six hundreds is the most in Test cricket this year, despite him missing England's last four matches.

Brook has made three centuries of his own since taking the place of his Yorkshire team-mate.

"Jonny is one of the best players, if not the best, in the world," said 23-year-old Brook.

Bairstow was enjoying a stellar summer when he suffered an accidental fall while playing golf before the third Test against South Africa in September.

The injury to the 33-year-old gave Brook the opportunity to make his Test debut and claim a place in the England team that won the Twenty20 World Cup.

Brook hundred gives England lead over Pakistan
Brook has followed up with three hundreds in as many matches on the tour of Pakistan, the latest of which was a 111 that gave England a valuable 29-run lead on the second day of the final Test in Karachi.

He is the first England batter to score three hundreds in his first four Tests, the first to score three centuries in an away three-Test series and his 468 runs is a record for an England batter in an away series against Pakistan.

"I said to one of my mates I wanted to get two hundreds while I was out here, so to tick off three is really nice," Brook told Test Match Special.

Bairstow is unlikely to be fit for England's two Tests against New Zealand in February, but more likely to make a comeback on the limited-overs tour of Bangladesh in March or in the Indian Premier League.

England's first Test of the home summer is against Ireland on 1 June, before the bid to regain the Ashes from Australia begins on 16 June.

In order to get the Yorkshire pair in the same side, England could ask Bairstow to keep wicket, though current gloveman Ben Foakes has had a good year with the bat and is described as "the best keeper in the world" by captain Ben Stokes.

Another option would be to move one of them up the order, with Brook saying he would "absolutely" shift from number five if asked.

"Most selectors say they like headaches, so hopefully I've caused a very big migraine," added Brook.

"For me, Jonny comes straight back into the side. I'm not selecting the team, but he is such a big player for this side and has been for so many years."

On Sunday, Brook arrived at the crease with England 58-3 after Ben Duckett and Joe Root fell to successive deliveries from Nauman Ali.

"I was on the toilet when Rooty got out so I had to quickly get my thigh pads on," he said. "It was a bit of a hectic moment."

Having found themselves 98-4, Brook was then involved in the run-out of Stokes that left the tourists 145-5.

With the ball played into the deep and Stokes looking for a third run, Brook set off, only to turn around and leave both men at the same end. Brook ensured he grounded his bat first, leaving the skipper as the batter dismissed.

"I felt it was my fault," said Brook. "I said sorry to Ben and he said to keep going - I felt like I should have sacrificed myself.

"I said sorry about 58 times in the dressing room. Hopefully he has forgiven me."

The run-out came after Stokes was made to serve dinner to Brook the night before the game as a forfeit for losing a six-hitting competition in training.

"I'll have to serve his dinner for him tonight," said Brook.

Following the Stokes dismissal, Brook shared a partnership of 117 with Foakes that helped England to 354 - a first-innings lead of 50 runs.

Pakistan then survived nine overs before the close to reach 21-0.

England already hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and are looking to become the first team to leave Pakistan with a 3-0 clean sweep.

"We'd have probably taken that lead at the start of the day," added Brook. "I can only see this pitch getting worse. It's starting to crack up a little bit and pieces are coming out.

"Hopefully we get rewards tomorrow morning. We have got to stick to it. If we're persistent all day, I think we'll be on the right side of where we want to be tomorrow evening."

BBC
 
Harry Brook says Jonny Bairstow should go "straight back" into the England side when he has recovered from a broken leg and dislocated ankle.
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Goes to show the selfless outlook of Harry Brook and the team ethos of England.
 
The next great batsman in world cricket. Should be the best all-format batsman within 2 years.

Sky is the limit for young Brook. Sensational.
 
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