Brook ‘making an attempt not to consider’ World Cup omission
Harry Brook is “trying not to think about” his omission from England’s provisional 15-man squad for the upcoming World Cup in India and is hoping to “move on” from the frustration as quickly as attainable.
Brook was broadly anticipated to make the minimize after a brilliant begin to his worldwide profession throughout codecs however was squeezed out by Ben Stokes’ choice to reverse his retirement from ODIs, with England backing expertise over youth.
Speaking after hitting 44 off 24 balls in Northern Superchargers’ defeat to London Spirit at Lord’s on Friday night time, Brook recommended that he may have carried out extra within the final six months to press his case – and {that a} dearth of List A expertise may need price him.
“Obviously it’s disappointing but I can’t do anything about it now,” Brook mentioned. “You’ve just got to move on. I’m trying not to think about it anymore.
“I’ve not had a lot dialog with Matthew [Mott] or Jos [Buttler]. They mentioned with Stokesy coming again I used to be in all probability going to overlook out this time. He is likely one of the greatest gamers to ever play cricket, so I can not actually complain, can I?
“I feel like I’m playing well at the minute and feel I could potentially add value to the team. [But] there’s always something more you could do.”
Brook has solely performed three ODIs for England – all of them in opposition to South Africa in early 2023 – and final performed a 50-over recreation for Yorkshire in 2019, with the home competitors clashing with the Hundred within the final three seasons.
“I haven’t had much opportunity to play one-day cricket, whether that be for Yorkshire or England,” Brook mentioned, “and although I’ve played a lot of T20 cricket, I don’t know if I’ve done as well as I have in the past in the last six months, so that might have had an effect.”
Brook’s omission has taken pundits off-guard because the squad was introduced. Jofra Archer, working for the BBC, discovered that Brook was not a part of the provisional World Cup squad dwell on-air earlier than Southern Brave performed Birmingham Phoenix on Thursday night time. “I didn’t even realise that Brooky was not there… that’s just got me a bit stunned,” Archer mentioned.
Kevin Pietersen, in the meantime, mentioned that he would have chosen Brook forward of Dawid Malan, suggesting that Malan wouldn’t be suited to taking part in on the subcontinent. “I’m absolutely flabbergasted that he cannot make England’s World Cup squad,” Pietersen mentioned on Sky Sports. “Flabbergasted. Because he is pure quality. I just cannot believe it.”