Harry Cherrington Brook is a cricketer from England who was born on February 22, 1999. He is now with Yorkshire, where he plays domestic cricket and also competes for England in international cricket. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. His primary batting position is right-handed. His first appearance for England on the international stage was in January of 2022.
He batted ten times, had a lifetime average of 80.90, and had a strike rate of around 100, which put him in an unusual position to begin his test career. He amassed 809 runs in his first six test appearances, which was an incredible start to his test career. It was Brook who was a member of the England cricket squad that triumphed in the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022. Ilkley Grammar Institution, which is located in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, is a comprehensive institution where he received his education.
After receiving an offer of a scholarship to attend Sedbergh School, a prestigious boarding school located in Cumbria, he departed when he was 14 years old. A journalist named Alex Mason wrote an article for Cricketer Magazine in which he said that Martin Speight, a former professional cricketer and the current coach of the cricket team at Sedbergh School, had a significant impact on Brook’s career when he was still in school.
While he was still in school, Brook represented Yorkshire in his first-class match, which took place on June 26, 2016, at Headingley. The match was against Pakistan A. When Yorkshire faced Middlesex at Lord’s on June 19, 2017, he made his debut for the County Championship team. His first appearance came after he had hit three hundreds in a span of two weeks for Yorkshire’s second eleven.
Harry Brook Biography
| Name | Harry Brook |
| Full Name | Harry Cherrington Brook |
| Date of Birth | 24 April 1973 |
| Place of Birth | Keighley, United Kingdom |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | British |
| Father’s Name | David Brook |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | Joshua Brook, Eliz Th Brook |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break |
| ODI Debut | 27 January 2023 vs. South Africa |
| Test Debut | 8 September 2022 vs. South Africa |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
At the international level, Brook traveled to India with the England under-19 team at the beginning of 2017. During this trip, he participated in two under-19 tests and five under-19 limited overs against the India under-19 team. The year 2022 saw the signing of Brook by the Lahore Qalandars. During the match against Islamabad United, Brook entered to bat when Lahore was 12-3. He struck an unbeaten 102 off of 49 balls, which contributed to his team’s accomplishment of a total of 197. Because of this, he became the youngest player to ever score a century in the Pakistan Super League. It was his first century in Twenty20.
During the season of The Hundred that took place in 2022, the Northern Superchargers purchased Brook in April of the same year.Brook will be playing for the Johannesburg Super Kings (JSK) in the new South African Twenty20 tournament. The JSK paid R2.3 million for his services. In December 2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad acquired Brook for the very first time, paying a sum of ₹ 13.25 crore (equivalent to around £1,300,000 at the exchange rates of 2023), to use him for their participation in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
It was against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 14, 2023, when he achieved his first century in the Indian Premier League. In addition to that, he made history by being the first player to hit a century in both the Indian Premier League and the Pakistan Super League. The Sunrisers Hyderabad team let him go in November 2023, after he had only played for them for one season. The selection of Brook as the captain of England’s team for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2018 took place in December 2017.
It was in England’s second group match against Bangladesh that he struck 102 runs without being out. This made him the second England skipper to achieve a century in the U19 World Cup, following in the footsteps of Alastair Cook. As a result of England’s performances in the competition, the International Cricket Council (ICC) selected Brook as the emerging star of the team from among the players. With a total of 239 runs, he was the player who scored the most runs for England throughout the competition.
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Brook earned a spot in the Twenty20 International team for England’s series against the West Indies in January of 2022. On the 26th of January 2022, he made his debut in a Twenty20 International vs the West Indies for England. The selection of Brook to the England Test team for the home series against New Zealand took place in May of 2022. Brook received a spot in the One Day International (ODI) team that England would use for their home series against India in July 2022.
In August of 2022, he was accepted into the England Test team for the series that they were going to play against South Africa. He made his first appearance in a test match for England on September 8, 2022, when they played South Africa. In September of 2022, Brook was selected to be a member of England’s team that would compete in the Men’s Twenty20 World Cup. England ultimately triumphed in the competition. The English cricket team traveled to Pakistan in 2022–2023 and included him in their squads for both the Twenty20 International and the Test matches.
at the first test match, which took place at Rawalpindi, he achieved the highest score in both innings. He made his first century in a test match, which was 153 runs in the first innings and 87 runs in the second innings. This helped England to win the match on the last day of the match. On January 27, 2023, he played his first one-day international for England, which was against South Africa. During the second and final test match against New Zealand, which took place at Basin Reserve in February of 2023.
During the test match, he and Joe Root rescued England by bringing them from a precarious position of 21/3 to a total of 435/8 before the declaration. He achieved his career-best test score of 186, which came off of just 174 deliveries and included 24 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate was 105.68. During the test match, he also scored 24 fours and 5 sixes. Before the former was undone by Matt Henry, he and Root added a critical 302 runs for the fourth wicket. Root was successful in this endeavor.
