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Harry Brook

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Yorkshire tried him at 3 some seasons back then realised he was more suited to 5 or 6.

The England selectors, once again, have erred.
He actually opened a few times a well.

Just moving everyone up one would have made much more sense, but apparently Root and Stokes have inflexible batting positions so they've got what they've got.
 

Red_Ink_Squid

Cricketer Of The Year
It's all remarkably similar to Garry Ballance isn't it ?

Yorkshire batting prospect makes flying start for England ..

Gary Ballance got to his first 1000 test runs in just 17 innings at an average of 67.93 , 4 Test hundreds

Harry Brook is on 953 runs from 16 innings @ 63.53 , 4 Test Hundreds

Be interesting to see if Brook can consolidate from here or will his performances decline like Ballance.
Another thing those two have in common is that Ballance was never a #3 either but got crowbarred into the spot for England because nobody else wanted it. Both better coming in later in the order.

Brook obviously seems to have a much higher ceiling than Ballance, so hopefully they figure things out for him.
 

Ashes81

State Vice-Captain
Finishes with 363 @ 40. He will be a bit disappointed with that - which speaks volumes after years of us dying for anyone not called Joe to average 40
I think this series will have done him the world of good.

As the series has gone on, he's general played in a more orthodox style - the baseball shots and wild slogging have largely disappeared.

He's a seriously talented player who will be the backbone of our batting for the next decade or so.
 

Niall

International Coach
I think this series will have done him the world of good.

As the series has gone on, he's general played in a more orthodox style - the baseball shots and wild slogging have largely disappeared.

He's a seriously talented player who will be the backbone of our batting for the next decade or so.
Memory is gone atm!

I think it was just the 2nd test where he was awful?

A few cheapish dismissals elsewhere but played to the situation more often than not, as others have said a solid first Ashes series.


Finishes with 363 @ 40. He will be a bit disappointed with that - which speaks volumes after years of us dying for anyone not called Joe to average 40
Can't wait to see him in India, obviously Ashwin could destroy him but also could be the difference maker if we get some low scoring shoot outs. Box office cricketer IMO.
 

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