Harry Brook, praised as the best of his four Test hundreds to date, finished the first day of the second Test against New Zealand on 315 without further loss after helping England recover from 21 for three. done.
When Brook was asked if this topped his four three-pointers, he said –
“I feel like, the conditions of the game decide, to be honest. The ones in Pakistan were wonderful and good fun, but they were all very flat pitches. Today was not a flat pitch. It’s a good cricket wicket, But not a flat pitch where you can hit it everywhere. I’ve done a little bit, but it’s a very good pitch.”
This fourth century – his slowest ever, yet from only 107 balls – continued to be a matter of breaking records every time he came out to bat. No one has more than 807 runs after their first nine innings, and at the time of writing, only Sunil Gavaskar (912) and Don Bradman (862) have scored more runs in their first six Tests.
Brook said –
“It (the pitch) always gets easier when the ball gets a bit old. The longer you bat, the easier it gets. The toughest part about batting is the first 20 balls. If you If you go through it, it slowly starts getting easier.” The ball got a bit old and probably didn’t look like it. There was still a little bit of bounce and a little bit of bounce.”
