Brook hit 5 sixes in the over
England’s young batsman Harry Brook had explosive batting in Tests on Pakistan tour. Brook hit 5 sixes in an over in a practice match in New Zealand. Played the first ball dot of the over against leg-spinner Aditya Ashok. After this, the second ball was sent to long on, the third ball to deep square leg, the fourth ball to deep mid-wicket and the fifth ball was sent outside the deep square league boundary line. On the last ball of the over, he hit Ashok for a six over his head. In this way a total of 30 runs were scored in the over.
465 runs in 69.2 overs
The England team scored 465 runs in 69.2 overs in the first innings of the practice match. Harry Brook played an inning of 97 runs off 71 balls. This innings included 7 fours and 9 sixes. Daniel Lawrence’s innings of 85 runs came off 55 balls. Joe Root also scored 77 runs. Wicket-keeper batsman Ben Fox (57) also scored a half-century. Kyle Jameson and Jordan McKay took 3-3 wickets for New Zealand XI.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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