Harry Brook is unstoppable and creates another record

On Day 1 of the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington, England was reeling at 21 for 3 when Harry Brook stepped out to bat to join Joe Root in the middle. New Zealand pacers Matt Henry and Tim Southee had their tails up after taking the wickets of Zak Crawley (2), Ben Duckett (9), and Ollie Pope (10). Brook, on the other hand, exhibited no signs of nervousness. With his second delivery, he got off to a fast start with a clip off his pads. His first home run came on his fifth ball. Matt Henry’s bat found the outside edge, but it went past the slip cordon. How New Zealand wishes it had gone to one of the catchers. Since then, it has been Brook’s show all the way.

In the next over, the talented right-hander hit a hat-trick of fours off Southee. He made his intentions clear by skipping down the track for the third boundary. Brook was named Player of the Match in the first Test after scoring back-to-back half-centuries to lead England to a 267-run victory. He added to his incredible start to his England Test career with a superb undefeated inning that included 24 fours and five sixes. His 184 points came from 169 balls. With former skipper Root, he helped navigate England out of danger to 101/3 at lunch. Brook and Root, in particular, put on a sparkling show of “Bazball,” the aggressive cricket that England has become known for under coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.

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Brook overtook Kambli

They scored 294 runs in an undefeated combination that left New Zealand speechless. As the day progressed, Brook added to his three earlier centuries against Pakistan in December. Brook smashed former India batter Vinod Kambli’s 30-year-old global record for scoring the most runs after nine Test innings with a stunning performance of strokeplay. He became the first player in Test history to score 800 or more runs in his first nine innings. Kambli previously held the record with 798 runs in his first nine Test innings. He had four centuries, two of which were double hundreds.

Brook also surpassed superstars like as Herbert Sutcliffe (780 runs in nine innings), Sunil Gavaskar (778 runs in nine innings), and Everton Weekes (778 runs in nine innings) (777 runs in nine innings). Brook presently has 807 runs at a 100.88 average. Only Gavaskar (129.66) had a higher Test average after nine innings than Brook. Root was more consistent but no less dominant, scoring his 29th Test century but first in eight Tests. Only the rain could stop them in the end. As rain forced early stumps with England at 315 for 3 after 65 overs, Brook was unbeaten on 184 off 169 balls and Joe Root was batting on 101 off 182 balls.