Harry Cherrington Brook is an English cricketer who was born on February 22, 1999. He plays for England in international games and for Yorkshire in local games. He mostly bats with his right hand, but he can also bowl medium-fast with his right arm. In January 2022, he played his first game for England outside of the country. He had a great start to his test career. In his first six matches, he scored 809 runs, giving him a career average of 80.90 and a hit rate of almost 100. Brook was a member of the England cricket team that won the T20 World Cup in 2022. He was also named the Major League Baseball representative for Europe.
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Early life of Harry Brook:
Brook was born in Keighley, but he grew up in Burley in Wharfedale. His family played club cricket a lot. He went to a large school in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, called Ilkley Grammar School. At age 14, he left because Sedbergh School, a private boarding school in Cumbria, gave him a scholarship. Alex Mason, a journalist for Cricketer Magazine, wrote that Martin Speight, a former professional cricketer and coach at Sedbergh School, had a big impact on Brook’s future when he was in school.
Cricket career of Harry Brook:
Domestic Career of Harry Brook
Brook made his first-class debut for Yorkshire on June 26, 2016, against Pakistan A at Headingley. He was still in high school at the time. He played his first game in the County Championship on June 19, 2017, at Lord’s against Middlesex. After scoring three centuries in two weeks for Yorkshire’s second eleven, he made his debut. Brook played for England’s under-19 team when they went to India in early 2017. They played two U-19 Tests and five U-19 LOIs against the India under-19 team.
Lahore Qalandars signed Brook in 2022. Brook came up to bat when Lahore was down 12-3 against Islamabad United. He hit an unbeaten 102 off 49 balls to help his team score 197 points. It was his first T20 century, making him the youngest person in Pakistan Super League history to score a century. The Northern Superchargers bought Brook in April 2022 for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Brook was first bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in December 2022 for 13.25 crore so he could play for them in the 2023 Indian Premier League. On April 14, 2023, against Kolkata Knight Riders, he got his first hundred in the IPL. He was also the first person to get a hundred in both the IPL and the PSL.
International career of Harry Brook
In December 2017, Brook was named captain of England’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup team for 2018. In England’s second group game, against Bangladesh, he got 102 not out and became the second England captain after Alastair Cook to score a century at the U19 World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) picked Brook as the team’s rising star after England’s games in the event. With 239 runs, he had the most for England in the event.
In 2022 and 2023, when the English cricket team went to Pakistan, he was on both the Test and T20I teams. During the first Test in Rawalpindi, he had the highest score in both innings. He got his first Test century with 153 runs in the first innings and 87 runs in the second. This helped England win on the last day. On January 27, 2023, he played his first ODI game for England against South Africa. In February 2023, during the second and final test match against New Zealand at Basin Reserve, he became the first player to reach 800 test runs in just nine innings. He did this after facing just 803 deliveries in his test career. In their first six test matches, only Sunil Gavaskar (912 runs) and Sir Donald Bradman (862 runs) scored more runs than they did.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 8 | 13 | 1 | 896 | 186 | 74.67 | 915 | 97.92 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 20 |
| ODI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 80 | 28.67 | 87 | 98.85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| T20I | 20 | 17 | 3 | 372 | 81 | 26.57 | 270 | 137.78 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 15 |
| IPL | 11 | 11 | 2 | 190 | 100 | 21.11 | 154 | 123.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 8 | 2 | 66 | 30 | 1 | 1/25 | 1/25 | 2.73 | 30.00 | 66.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T20I | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IPL | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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