At a batting-friendly track at Pindi Cricket Stadium, England batters made full use of the surface and piled up a mountain of runs on the opening day of the o𝓡ngoing first T🔜est against Pakistan. As many aꦓs four English batters smashed centuries as the tourists managed to post 506/4 at stumps, shatꦰtering many records.
England openers Zak Crawley (122) and Ben Duckett (107) hit respective tons before Ollie Pope and Harry Brook joined the party. Brook, in particular, wa♊s at the forefront of the demolition🍰 job. Three of the centurions had strike rates of over 100, and Brook was the fastest of them all. The right-handed batter finished the day with an unbeaten 101 off 81 balls at a strike rate of a whopping 124.69.
Brook smashed 14 fours and two sixes during his whirlwind knock. Interestingly🍒, six of his fours came in a single over when he took debutant Saud Shakeel to the cleaners.
Here is how the over went:
- 67.1: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, a short delivery pulled over mid-wicket.
- 67.2: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, a low full-toss, and the batsman drove it to the extra cover boundary.
- 67.3: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, a half-volley, and Brook smashed it down the ground.
- 67.4: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, another half-tracker at the stumps, and the batter pulled away towards the cow-corner.
- 67.5: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, a short ball with a width and Brook guided it through extra covers.
- 67.6: Shakeel to Brook, four runs, sixth successive boundary. Yet another dragged-down delivery and Brook hit it over the deep mid-wicket.
Here is the video:
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“I enjoyed every minute out there, we were just trying to build a partnership, put the bowlers under pressure, and score runs every ball. They were all bad balls, so I tried to put them all, really. I was probably happier with that than my 100, to be honest,” said Brook after the end of the day’s play, as quoted by SkySports.
