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Ian Chadband

England white-ball skip Brook dreams of Ashes first

Harry Brook has been tasked with transporting England back to the top of the white-ball game, but the star batter admits his biggest dream remains to grab the Ashes back off Australia.

Brook, Jos Buttler's successor as England's skipper in the limited-overs game, has been charged with leading the once formidable white-ball outfit back to former glories, starting with next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

But asked whether he'd prefer that global success or an Ashes triumph in the Australian summer leading up to the Asian tournament, Brook could only smile after admitting, following just a moment's hesitation: "I think it is the Ashes.

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