Brook ready within the wings as Bairstow presents well timed reminder

Sep 06, 2023 at 11:33 AM
Brook ready within the wings as Bairstow presents well timed reminder

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his has been a wierd midway home of a sequence, billed as the beginning of England’s last World Cup preparation and but dominated by speak of a participant who, as issues stand, is not going to be there.

While half of Jos Buttler’s squad have been head to Cardiff on Wednesday to proceed their build-up to subsequent month’s 50-over showpiece in India, Harry Brook was amongst these on his method house, the door to the World Cup nonetheless ajar, however not precisely being held open, after England determined in opposition to including the younger batter to their ranks for the 4 ODIs in opposition to New Zealand, which begin within the Welsh capital on Friday.