NZ vs ENG: "Striking At Over 100, It's Extraordinary" - Alastair Cook Heaps Praise On Harry Brook

England Cricket Team dominated the terms against New Zealand on Day 1 of the 2nd Test match at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The visitors were in a spot of bother as they were reduced to 21-3 where the pacers were getting ample help from the surface. Harry Brook played a flamboyant unbeaten knock of 184 runs in 169 balls where he struck 24 fours & 5 sixes. It looked as if Harry Brook was toying with the bowlers when he went berserk.

New Zealand bowlers looked clueless as against the ultra-attacking approach of Harry Brook. The former skipper Joe Root played a second fiddle as he scored a terrific century of 101 runs in 182 balls. Root & Brook made sure that they are rotating the strike on a consistent basis which frustrated the bowlers.

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Alastair Cook on Harry Brook

Alastair Cook was having an interaction with BT Sport and was asked about what the captain needed to do to stop Harry Brook.

“I wouldn’t know exactly what to do as a captain against a man in Brook’s form, because he’s got every option covered. They quite rightly tried to bowl top of off to him, he had some luck at the beginning, a couple of inside edges past the stumps,” said Alastair Cook.

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“But some of these shots you can only dream of and the confidence to play them and the skill to be able to consistently hit cleanly in the right areas – it’s been an absolute pleasure to sit here and watch a Harry Brook masterclass,” he added.

Alastair Cook on Harry Brook playing multiple formats

Alastair Cook backed Harry Brook to be an all-format player and was praise-worthy on Harry Brook’s stunning knock.

“184 not out on day one of a Test match after being 21-3, striking at over 100, it’s extraordinary when you start breaking it down like that. I’ll be astonished if he doesn’t play over 100 Test matches. I’m expecting him to be able to dominate Test cricket, 50-over cricket, 20-over cricket, be one of the all-time great players – without putting too much pressure on him!” Cook asserted.

“He’s not going to average that [over 100] for the course of his career, it is a purple patch of extraordinary form, you get them if you’re lucky and he’s been able to drag his out quite long and he’ll be wanting to continue.

“There’s so many questions about what’s going to happen – the IPL, is he going to get burnt out at some stage? He can’t play every format and every game, but when you’re young you want to carry on and play every day,” he added.

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