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Joe Root and Harry Brook can be among the many batters to look at out for from England on the upcoming Ashes in Australia.
Harry Brook celebrates after hitting century. (AFP Photo)
The countdown for the Ashes 2025-26 is underway. Considered one of cricket’s famous rivalries will see Australia and England battle it out in a five-Test series. Amid the build-up,, former Australian captain Greg Chappell has nothing but praise for one player.
The person in query? England’s Harry Brook whom he compares to all-time great Sachin Tendulkar.
Responding to a question on which English player he was considering seeing during this 12 months’s Ashes, Chappell was quick to call Brook.
Chappell said that he had seen Brook play on television sometimes and was considering seeing him live.
Calling the batter an “interesting” player, Chappell explained, “He looks like a very good player. His record suggests that he’s a very good player.”
Declaring Brook’s performance in Tests, Chappell added, “I’ve watched him bat, as I say, on television. He jogs my memory very much of Sachin Tendulkar, in Sachin’s early a part of his profession. Very minimal movement early on, picks off the angles thoroughly, and might rating off most deliveries.”
Chappell explained that while Australia has often been a test for England’s batters the primary time, it might be interesting to see how Brook fares.
This shouldn’t be the primary time the Australian great has praised Brook.
In a column for ESPNcricinfo earlier this 12 months, Chappell wrote, “Brook has the tools to be certainly one of England’s finest batters, arguably their most destructive, in the fashionable era” while anointing him as Joe Root’s successor.
Nevertheless, he warned the 26-year-old about being overconfident in the sport.
Harry Brook’s Test Record
Brook has scored 2,820 runs in 30 games, at a median of 57.55. He has scored 10 centuries and 13 half-centuries. Within the 2023 Ashes, Brook scored a complete of 363 in five Tests, including 4 fifties.
The 2025-26 Ashes starts on 21 November with Perth because the venue for the primary Test.
Australia retained the urn after a 2-2 draw against England in 2023.
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November 13, 2025, 11:35 IST
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