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However, Brook conceded that Australia has plenty of capable replacements that could fill Cummins\u2019 shoes, most notably seamer Scott Boland, who claimed career-best figures of 6-7 on Test debut during the 2021 Ashes contest at the MCG.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have a hell of a lot of good, quick bowlers out there. Guys who can come into the side and, when their tails are up, they can plough through teams,\u201d Brook continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t take anybody lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins and Scott Boland. Photo by Randy Brooks \/ AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n
Brook, about to embark on his first Ashes tour of Australia, boasts a superb record in away Tests, averaging 80.00 across 11 matches with an otherworldly strike rate of 95.89. Seven of his ten Test hundreds occurred outside of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
However, the 26-year-old has limited experience in Australian conditions, playing nine T20Is in 2022 when he contributed 69 runs at 9.85.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m stepping into,\u201d Brook said of the upcoming Ashes campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s a massive thing, but I\u2019m still trying to get over that India series. That was awesome to be part of: to play 25 days out of 25 was mega. That was the most intense series I\u2019ve ever been part of. If the Ashes tops that, I will be a very happy man.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is obviously intense. I can\u2019t even remember much about the 2023 Ashes, if I\u2019m honest. It\u2019s a very similar group of players that we\u2019ll come up against: a very strong bowling attack and on home soil they\u2019ll present different challenges. I haven\u2019t had too much experience of the pitches out there, so I have to stay in the moment as much as possible and play what\u2019s in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the 2023 Ashes, which ended as a 2-2 stalemate, Brook accumulated 363 runs at 40.33 with four fifties \u2013 but he\u2019s still searching for his maiden Test hundred against Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not something I really think about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be a match-winner. If the team is in a little bit of trouble, I want to get us out of it, which so far in my career I\u2019ve done fairly well. If that\u2019s getting 75 and getting us out of trouble for a little while and gets the team into a better position, I\u2019d rather that than get a hundred and lose the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry Brook of England. Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Injury-prone England captain Ben Stokes is currently recovering from a shoulder complaint, but the all-rounder is expected to be available for the first Test against Australia at Perth Stadium, which starts on November 21.<\/p>\n
Brook would be tasked with leading England should Stokes be unavailable at any stage during the Ashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019ll power through even if he has a little niggle,\u201d Brook said of Stokes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have full faith that he is going to be there. Everybody in the world knows what he\u2019s like, his character and the way that he just cracks on.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, being captain would be a massive honour. But I would much rather Stokesy played five Test matches; he\u2019s such a vital part of our team, batting at number six and bowling the overs that he does. For him to play all five Tests would be awesome for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England vice-captain Harry Brook has declared that Pat Cummins\u2019 injury setback \u201cplays into England\u2019s hands\u201d as it appears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-203832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}