Harry Brook Creates History, Becomes 1st Batter in World To Hit Four Consecutive...

Harry Brook etched his name in the history books on day three of the opening Test between England and Pakistan in Multan.

The Englishman became the first-ever batter to score a hundred in back-to-back four Tests in Pakistan as he had scored three on his previous visit in 2022 and added a record-equalling fourth on Wednesday.

Brook joined the likes of India’s Mohinder Amarnath and Sri Lanka’s Aravinda de Silva to have the joint-most hundreds in Pakistan as an overseas player.

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Brook also had luck on his side after a ball hit his stumps but did not dislodge the bails.

Aamer Jamal had bowled a back of a length delivery and around off as Harry Brook looked to block. The ball came back to hit him on the grill of the helmet and then went back onto the stumps as the England batter failed to kick it away. He was on 75 at the time.

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Earlier, Joe Root hit a magnificent hundred to guide England to 351-3 at tea after breaking Alastair Cook’s Test runs record.

The 33-year-old became England’s highest run scorer in Tests, and the fifth highest of all time, when he drove Pakistan seamer Aamer Jamal for a straight boundary to reach 71 just before lunch.

In the second session he reverse swept spinner Abrar Ahmed for a single to reach his 35th Test hundred — the sixth most by any batsman — before going to the interval on an imperious 119 not out.

Root added 136 for the third wicket with Ben Duckett who made a robust 84 with 11 boundaries, showing no effect of a thumb dislocation on Tuesday that forced him to bat at number four.

Duckett was the only man dismissed in the post-lunch session, trapped leg-before by seamer Aamer Jamal after hitting 11 boundaries.

All three Pakistan fast bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Jamal have taken one wicket each.

(With inputs from Agencies)