"He's box office" Simon Doull 🤝 Harry Brook

Sick of this Bazball nonsense, he’s now a senior player in a very young side. Still playing like a dickhead with a flashy 50 when we need a gutsy 150 from him.

Test cricket is not about strike rate, it’s about scoring as many runs as possible, Brook might score 50 quickly but how often does he go on to score 150 plus?

Difference is Root comes in and I have faith that he gives us a chance to win… Brook comes in and I know he won’t win us a game. It’s not even exciting to watch the boundaries because you know he will give it away.

He’s a ‘finisher’ who repeatedly comes in at 40/3. If the top 3 did their job he’d be converting his 50s more 100s.

Well, I don’t enjoy going into the. 5th day 5 down still needing 281 to win. A fancy lofted square drive for 6 over point will never make up for that.

Aggressive 50’s don’t win test matches.

What’s the context of the game? A quick 50 looks great but does it help? I get you cant just shut up shop and try to bat for a draw but theres a difference between throwing caution to the wind and making the opposition work for your wicket.

Crowd came for cricket, stayed for the show 🫡

Test bowlers can see that Brook is a walking wicket. They know he can’t bat sessions. He thinks he can hit every ball to the boundary. No batsman in the history of the game has ever been able to do that #ENGvNZ

Unbelievable player & brain-dead... two things can be true at the same time.