Harry Brook: England batter returning home from Test tour of India for personal reasons | Cricket News
The 24-year-old England batter will instantly fly home from the tour of India, which begins on Thursday in Hyderabad; ECB assertion says that the “Brook family respectfully requests privacy during this time”; Dan Lawrence named as substitute
Harry Brook is returning home from England’s Test collection in India on account of personal reasons.
Surrey’s Dan Lawrence has been known as as much as change Brook and can be a part of the squad within the subsequent 24 hours forward of Thursday’s opening Test match.
“Harry Brook is set to return home with immediate effect for personal reasons from the England Men’s Test tour of India,” learn an ECB assertion.
“The Brook family respectfully requests privacy during this time. In light of this, the ECB and the family kindly request the media and the public to respect their wish for privacy and refrain from intruding on their private space.”
Sky Sports News understands that Brook might nonetheless return to the tour sooner or later.
Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain mentioned: “Your first consideration must be the person, the obligation of care of that particular person, and all of us should want Harry and his household properly. Cricket is essential, and Test cricket is essential, however your loved ones and your self are extra essential.
“So [for] personal reasons he has headed home. Hopefully every little thing might be okay. Hopefully he’ll come again to India at some stage, it is a lengthy tour. But the primary issues first, they need to ensure that Harry Brook is ok.”
The Yorkshire right-hander has performed in 12 Tests, scoring 4 centuries, since his debut in opposition to South Africa on the Oval in September 2022.
“His stats for England since coming in on debut at the Oval have been phenomenal,” mentioned Hussain.
“He’s averaged 62 at a strike rate of 92, he epitomises how McCullum and Stokes want this side to play. A fabulous player of spin as we saw in Pakistan, so it is a big blow on the eve of such a big Test series.”
Hussain on Lawrence’s call-up
The spare batter throughout final summer season’s Ashes, Lawrence’s final Test match appearances got here in March 2022 through the West Indies tour.
Hussain says the 26-year-old is a logical substitute for Brook, though alternatively selectors might have chosen a participant already in India from the England Lions squad.
“He was the spare batter last summer in the Ashes so he was the next cab off the rank,” mentioned Hussain of Lawrence. “He has performed in India, he performed on that final tour. He performed three Test matches and obtained 150 I feel on that tour.
“He has been enjoying franchise cricket, he has been out in Big Bash enjoying that and he had simply arrived in Dubai to play within the ILT20.
“The different approach of going would have been the lads who’re already on the market within the Lions. So Josh Bohannon within the center order, the Lancashire participant who has performed rather well on the tour, and I’m a giant fan of Keaton Jennings, each as a batter but in addition as a catch across the bat when the spinners are on. He’s one of the perfect quick legs within the sport in the meanwhile. He’s in fabulous type. He’s a gap batter.
“A like-for-like substitute would have been Bohannon or Lawrence and I feel they like Dan Lawrence and like the best way he provides them some spin as properly. It is a blow for the lads which can be on the Lions, they need to really feel like they’re there for a motive and so they need to be half of the primary squad, however Dan Lawrence is a critically good cricketer.”
The five-Test India collection begins on Thursday in Hyderabad as England chase a primary win since 2012.
The dates for England Test collection in India
Nasser Hussain discusses pitch selection in England’s upcoming Test collection in opposition to India and what to anticipate as the 2 totally different enjoying types meet
First Test – January 25-29 (Hyderabad)
Second Test – February 2-6 (Vizag)
Third Test – February 15-19 (Rajkot)
Fourth Test – February 23-27 (Ranchi)
Fifth Test – March 7-11 (Dharamshala)
Updated England Test squad for India collection
Ben Stokes (captain), Ollie Pope (vice-captain), Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood
