Harry Brook’s brilliant batting performance against Pakistan saw him score England’s first three centuries since 1990, after hitting 823 for 7, including Brook’s record 454 with Joe Root. his team declared.
The match was abandoned on the fourth day of the first Test in Multan, with Brook scoring a remarkable career score of 317 and Root 262.
By the time Ollie Pope signaled he would call off the attack, England had recorded their fourth-largest total at a Test stadium and rewrote the history books. Meanwhile, Brook became the first England batsman to surpass 300 runs since Graham Gooch against India 34 years ago.
At one stage he seemed hellbent on drawing Len Hutton’s record of 364, but his relentless build-up finally came to an end when he swept Saim Ayub.
dominant day
From day 64, when the home side were 556 runs behind, England moved into the lead at 267 midway through the afternoon session.
It was the flattest of a flat pitch on which England had to somehow try to translate their monster total into enough scoreboard pressure to force 10 wickets, but still one of the most eye-catching performances seen in the ‘Bazball’ era. It was one.
Brook’s dominant knock included 29 fours and three sixes and stood at heart with an imperious attitude that made him look a class above his opponents.
He and fellow Yorkshireman Root scored together ruthlessly against a tired and miserable bowling attack, breaking the 67-year-old record of the highest partnership by an England pair, easily surpassing the 411 set by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey at Edgbaston in 1957.
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