There is a compelling argument to suggest that any fifty against this Australian attack is a good fifty.
But Harry Brook did his level best at Lord’s to disprove it. And the sheer ugliness of his dismissal was a horribly luminous symbol of England’s painful shortcomings with the bat.
Yes, this is the same Brook who averages over 72 after 16 Test innings. Yes, this is the same Brook who needs only 54 to reach 1,000 Test runs after only nine matches. Yes, this is the same Brook who made more runs in his first nine Test innings than any other player in history.
