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HARRY'S SIMPLY THE BEST IG RR JR CASTORE
Daily Express
|December 10, 2024
Root rates Brook as No.1 player in world right now
JOE ROOT believes England team-mate Harry Brook has established himself as the best cricketer in the world.
Brook has been in inspired form on the Test tour of New Zealand, hitting back-to-back centuries in Christchurch and Wellington to help his side win the series with one to play.
The 25-year-old now has eight hundreds in his first 23 Tests and averages a remarkable 61.62, the third highest mark of all time among batters with at least 20 innings.
A punishing strike-rate of 88.57 puts him streets ahead of the other names on that list.
Root is ranked as the No.1 Test batter by the ICC, with Brook pushing hard in second place, but has tipped his fellow Yorkshireman as the best in the business.
This story is from the December 10, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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