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Joe Root hails Harry Brook ‘masterclass’ after England triple-century heroics

  • Brook scored 317 in England’s 823 against Pakistan
  • ‘His record here is a joke. He’s got such a complete game’

A day after he made history as England’s all-time leading Test run-scorer, Joe Root watched Harry Brook upstage him with an innings of 317 before describing his Yorkshire teammate’s efforts as “a masterclass” and adding: “I don’t think it’ll be the last time we see him with a monster score.”

Brook’s score was England’s best since 1990 and their fifth highest of all time, but he said he was unaware of the records he was breaking: “I just wanted to get past my dad’s highest score, 210.” The partnership of 454 between Brook and Root is England’s highest of all time and the highest ever for the fourth wicket, and helped England to the colossal first-innings total of 823 for seven declared, their highest since 1938. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a score like that before,” Brook said. Having scored 556 in their first innings Pakistan were 152 for six at the close, still 115 away from making England bat again.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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