Thursday, February 13th, 2025

Harry Brook scored so many centuries, breaking Don Bradman’s decades old record.

New Delhi. England cricket team’s batsman Harry Brook has created a sensation since his/her debut. This batsman, who washed the bowlers fiercely during the tour of Pakistan, broke the big record of Australia’s great Don Bradman. The Kangaroo legend had achieved the feat of scoring 7 centuries since his/her debut on foreign soil, which was surpassed by England’s Harry Brook.

Harry Brook has played an important role in England’s spectacular series win in New Zealand. Where the visiting team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match test series. The final match of the series will start on Saturday (14 December) at Seddon Park in Hamilton. In the first Test in Hamilton, Brook played a brilliant inning of 171 runs in the first innings and England won by eight wickets. After this, in the second Test, he/she played innings of 123 and 55 runs, which helped the Ben Stokes-led team win by 323 runs at the Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Brook broke Bradman’s record

Brook is the highest run scorer in the series so far. he/she has scored 349 runs in three innings at an average of 116.3. Brook has become the first cricketer in the history of Test cricket to score seven centuries in his/her first 10 overseas Test matches. 25 year old Brook broke Don Bradman’s record. Who had scored six centuries in 10 foreign test matches. England’s Ken Barrington also scored six centuries in his/her first 10 overseas Tests.

Brook has an amazing record in foreign test matches. he/she has scored 1519 runs in 10 tests at an average of 89.35. In contrast, Brook has scored only one century on home ground. After missing the India tour earlier this year, Brook has played overseas Tests in New Zealand and Pakistan so far in his/her career. Have made two visits to both the countries. In Pakistan, Brook has scored four centuries in six Test matches, including a historic triple century in October. In New Zealand, he/she has scored three centuries in four tests.

Brook had scored centuries in all three matches of England’s tour of Pakistan in 2022. In which Stokes’ team made a clean sweep of 3-0. In the history of Test cricket, no foreign player in Pakistan has scored more centuries than Brook. Earlier this year, he/she had equaled the all-time record of Aravinda de Silva and Mohinder Amarnath. Along with his/her two centuries in this tour, Brook also played a marathon inning of 186 runs in the 2023 Wellington Test. In New Zealand, Brook has scored 678 runs in seven innings at an average of 96.85, which includes two centuries. On Pakistani soil, he/she has scored 841 runs in 10 innings at an average of 84.10, which includes four centuries.

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