Harry Brook spoke extremely of Liam Dawson upon his addition to England’s XI for the upcoming fourth Take a look at of the continuing five-match sequence towards India. An harm, although on the non-bowling hand, to Shoaib Bashir meant that 35-year-old Dawson got here in as the previous’s substitute and is all set to play his first red-ball recreation since July 2017.
The England batter commented on the expertise the all-rounder dropped at the set-up, by way of his all-round expertise. He additionally spoke extremely of Dawson’s starvation to win as being an added enhance to the squad, give the latter’s report with the bat as nicely. The younger batter feels it’s at all times good to have guys like Dawson within the dressing room.
“He is a wily outdated fox, [and] very skilled. He is a really skilful cricketer as nicely. He is performed all over the place, performed towards everybody. Hopefully, he can land it within the foot-holes and create a little bit of spice out of there and a few alternatives to take wickets. He is clearly an excellent batter as nicely, he is received almost 20 (18) First-Class lots of. That is including to our power in batting. He is a superb bloke, he is prepared to at all times battle for the staff. He is very aggressive, and it is good to have him right here,” he mentioned in the course of the pre-match press convention on Monday.
Not in the identical league as him, so I will fortunately let him have it: Brook
The No. 5 batter make clear the latest shift within the ICC rankings for Take a look at batters, through which he was dethroned by Joe Root because the No. 1 batter, in what has been a see-saw trip between two of essentially the most reliable males within the English unit.
“All people needs to be primary, do not they? Him, in all probability greater than anyone else. He is an outstanding participant. I am not in the identical league as him, so I will fortunately let him have it. He is performed for 12–13 years or nonetheless lengthy he is performed. In my view, he is the most effective Take a look at batter of all time, so I will let him have that one for now,” added Brook.
England presently lead the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy by a 2-1 margin, which they achieved courtesy of their thrilling 22-run win at Lord’s. The fourth Take a look at is scheduled to be performed at Previous Trafford in Manchester from Wednesday, July 23.
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