Harry Brook needs to maneuver on from a “pretty horrendous” few weeks as he prepares to captain England on the T20 World Cup.
Brook was punched by a bouncer after heading out the evening earlier than a one-day worldwide in New Zealand final autumn, along with his indiscretion revealed publicly on the ultimate day of England’s 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia in January.
The 26-year-old – who was fined £30,000 and given a ultimate warning about his conduct by the ECB – initially mentioned he was alone throughout that scuffle in Wellington however later admitted he lied as a way to “protect team-mates”.
The Each day Telegraph reported that Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue had been additionally current on the evening in query and are additionally being investigated by the Cricket Regulator.
What has Brook realized from winter saga?
Talking publicly for the primary time because the newest improvement, and on the eve of England’s T20 World Cup opener in opposition to Nepal on Sunday (9.30am UK, reside on Sky Sports activities), Brook mentioned: “It has been fairly horrendous. It is not been a really good time of my life.
“All I do is hit a ball with a bat and that is what I wish to keep it up doing for the remainder of my profession. I clearly made a mistake. I’ve received to attempt to put that behind me and give attention to what’s extra necessary.
“I’ve definitely learned there’s a hell of a lot more responsibility on your shoulders when you’re captain. When you’re a leader, you can’t take that responsibility lightly. You’ve got to be on virtually all the time.”
Captain Brook admitted mendacity about his conflict with a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand as a way to shield team-mates
Brook struck a 57-ball ODI hundred throughout a 2-1 sequence win in Sri Lanka after which cracked a 12-ball 36 within the second recreation of the 3-0 T20 sweep that adopted in opposition to the identical opposition, with the Yorkshireman including: “It’s weird, as a professional sportsman, when you get out to the wicket, and you’re a batter, everything just seems to float away.
“All you are specializing in is that cricket ball. Even when the crowds are huge, typically you do not even realise that there is any noise whenever you’re batting, so, fortunately, I received into that bubble, and I managed to bat pretty effectively.”
England XI packed with spin options
England have named their XI to face Nepal, with Phil Salt shaking off the back spasm that ruled him out of the final T20 in Sri Lanka on Tuesday and fit to open the batting alongside Jos Buttler.
Buttler (left) and Salt (proper) common over 50 as a partnership in T20Is
Tom Banton has earned the nod over fellow batter Ben Duckett within the center order, whereas left-arm seamer Luke Wooden has been most popular to all-rounder Jamie Overton and frontline spinners Adil Rashid and Liam Dawson are backed up by Bethell and Will Jacks.
Brook added: “You look at India’s side, they’re one of the best sides to play T20 cricket at the minute, and they’ve got about five spinners, so why don’t we have a little bit of a crack at that as well?
“We’re not copying them. It is extra they’ve a hell of much more choices than a lot of the nations.
“We feel like we’re in a really good space selection wise.”
England’s T20 World Cup fixtures (first spherical)
All instances UK and Eire; all video games reside on Sky Sports activities
- vs Nepal (Sunday February 8) – Mumbai (9.30am)
- vs West Indies (Wednesday February 11) – Mumbai (1.30pm)
- vs Scotland (Saturday February 14) – Kolkata (9.30am)
- vs Italy (Monday February 16) – Kolkata (9.30am)
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