The England batter played a stunning knock of 123 against the Kiwis on the first day of the second Test of the series in Wellington
England batter Harry Brook scored his 8th Test century in the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington. With this knock, the youngster completed 1,000 Test runs in 2024, becoming only the third player to do so. The other 2 players who have completed 1,000 runs in Test cricket this year are England’s Joe Root and India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal.
In 11 Tests, Brook has an incredible average of over 64 with 4 hundreds and 2 fifties to his name so far. Brook’s teammate, Root is the batter with the most runs scored in Test cricket this year so far with 1364 runs in 16 Tests at an average of 54.56 with 5 hundreds and 4 fifties. Jaiswal, on the other hand, has scored 1280 runs in 12 Tests with 3 hundreds and 7 fifties.
The century in Wellington may even be Brook’s finest of this year as he walked in to bat with England looking in a spot of bother at 26/3. Despite being under a lot of pressure, Brook played a fine counter-attacking innings and was supported well by Ollie Pope. The duo shared a 174-run stand to take England to a respectable first inning total.
Brook reached 3 figures in just 91 deliveries and if it wasn’t for a terrible mix-up with batting partner Chris Woakes, he would have caused even more damage for New Zealand. Brook departed after playing a fine knock of 123 runs off just 115 deliveries. His innings included of 11 boundaries and 5 sixes.
After completing the century, Brook looked at the heavens with the bat pointed, which could be a gesture to his late grandmother. Thanks to the century the visitors reached a respectable total of 280 before getting bundled out by the Kiwis on the first day.
However, England did end the day on a high as they restricted the hosts to 86/5 with the previous match’s hero, Brydon Carse picking up 2 wickets.
