England‘s acting captain Harry Brook feels that fans misunderstood his remarks after their defeat in the first ODI against Australia. The 25-year-old made this statement following the third ODI at Chester-le-Street, where England equalized the series with a 46-run victory using the DLS method.
Following the conclusion of the second ODI, the home team was in dire straits, having lost two matches straight and with 305 runs set as the target in order to level the five match series. Still, Brook came good, scoring a century without being out and with the host chasing the target which became rain affected.
The Yorkshire cricket player, following the first ODI, had said that when scoring the fans are less worried on the boundary being caught. His justification was that more of it was about the attitude they had in the game.
“People took that a little bit the wrong way. You have got to go out and play fearlessly and almost have that who cares attitude.”
“That is not who cares if we lose. We still want to win but you don’t want to go out there and have a fear of getting out. We have seen so many times in the Test environment, the way people are getting out. You have got to have that fearless attitude and take it to the bowlers,” Brook said as per BBC.
At the time, Brook had come into bat with Will Jacks at 1/2, having seen their openers Ben Duckett and Phil Salt back dumped cheaply. The 156-run partnership proved to be decisively the last most important one as the hosts sailed smoothly once more before yet another savage unbroken stand of 57 with Liam Livingstone.
“I was simply trying to wait and play the ball as late as I could”- Harry Brook
Brook mentioned that he feels confident despite not converting several promising starts over the summer.
“I was just trying to play the ball as late as possible and build a partnership with Jacksy. I was knackered when I got out there after 50 overs in the field. And I feel I have been stop-start this summer, a lot of 30 and 40s, not managing to convert. I feel I am back in a good place, playing the ball late and with my head still,” he said in the same interaction.
England and Australia will face off in the fourth ODI at Lord’s on Friday, September 27.
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