Harry Brook knows the white-ball tour of Latest Zealand will likely be “completely different” to what awaits England for the Ashes series in Australia – but he intends to take advantage of some long-overdue bonding time along with an eye fixed on the T20 World Cup.
England will play three T20 internationals against the Black Caps, the primary of which will likely be in Christchurch on October 18, followed by a three-match ODI series.
All-rounders Sam Curran and Liam Dawson have each been chosen for the ODI squad, while Kent batter Zak Crawley gets a maiden T20 call-up.
Test vice-captain Brook will skipper each side for the Latest Zealand tour, which concludes in Wellington on November 1.
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Bond
The Yorkshire batter hopes it might probably prove a positive environment for the players to bond before attentions sharpen on the Ashes, when England will hope to reclaiming the urn for the primary time since 2015.
“Personally, and it’ll be the message to the team, this is totally different – obviously now we have got the Ashes in a month’s time,” Brook told reporters after the England white-ball squad touched down in Latest Zealand.
“We’ve got a T20 World Cup in February and March, so we’re increase towards that and this (tour) could be an awesome stepping stone for that.”
Brook added: “The Test boys have had a lot time together away from cricket and that is the right opportunity now for us to essentially get together and almost treat it as team bonding for the subsequent few days.
“With the T20 World Cup coming up in the brand new yr, I feel it really vital that all of us get together and spend a whole lot of time together.”
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Full throttle
Brook, though, insists England is not going to be about to take their foot off the gas on their Latest Zealand trip, which can even see the third T20 played at Eden Park and ODIs in Mount Maunganui and Hamilton.
“We usually are not going to take any team evenly. Regardless of who we’re playing against, we’re going to go full throttle at everyone,” he added.
“We at all times wish to be aggressive, to at all times put pressure on the bowlers as a batting unit, to attempt to take wickets and use the size as a bowling unit, then in the sector chase the ball hard.”
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