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Rory Dollard

England captain Harry Brook admits heavy South Africa loss is ‘not good enough’

England captain Harry Brook rued a bad day at the office against South Africa (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Harry Brook watched England serve up the worst performance of his brief captaincy reign as they were hammered at Headingley and admitted: “Nobody wants to come and watch that”.

The Yorkshire crowd were treated to a mismatch rather than a cricketing spectacle, with South Africa needing less than 46 of the scheduled 100 overs to confirm a thumping seven-wicket win in the first match of the Metro Bank ODI series.

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