Harry Brook leapfrogs KS Ranjitsinhji and David Gower’s Big Test records for England

The
Yorkshire
cricketer
came
into
the
English
Test
side
a
replacement
to
his
County
teammate
Jonny
Bairstow
and
seemed
to
have
cemented
his
spot
in
the
red-ball
format.

Harry
Brook’s
performance
so
far
in
Pakistan

Brook
–
who
scored
153,
87,
9
and
108
in
the
last
four
Test
innings
in
Pakistan
–
slammed
his
third
consecutive
century
for
England
off
133
deliveries.
He
once
again
showcased
his
aggressive
batting
skills
against
Pakistani
bowlers.
The
right-handed
batter
played
his
shots
against
every
Pakistani
bowler
en
route
to
his
century
on
Sunday
(December
18).

He
started
his
innings
on
the
second
day
of
the
Test
match
with
the
overnight
total
of
38.
Despite
losing
his
batting
partner,
Ben
Stokes,
early
due
to
a
mixup,
the
youngster
carried
on
and
constructed
his
innings
brilliantly.
He
didn’t
let
the
pressure
of
getting
his
skipper
run
out
affect
him
and
played
yet
another
long
knock.

Mohammed
Wasim
Jr.
dismissed
the
right-handed
batter
for
111
off
150
deliveries
but
the
latter’s
sensational
knock
was
studded
with
eight
fours
and
three
sixes.

Brook
surpasses
Ranjitsinhji

With
his
performance
in
the
first
innings
of
the
Karachi
Test,
Brook
broke
the
125-year-old
record
for
England
which
was
previously
held
by

KS
Ranjitsinhji.
Ranjitsinhji
owned
the
record
for
scoring
the
most
runs
in
the
first
six
Test
innings
for
England
had
amassed
418
runs
in
his
first
three
Tests.

Brook,
meanwhile,
has
469
runs
in
five
innings
and
he
could
very
well
go
past
the
500-run
mark
when
he
comes
out
to
bat
against
Pakistan
in
the
second
innings
of
the
third
and
final
match.

The
record
for
amassing
the
most
runs
in
the
first
three
Tests
is
held
by
former
India
cricketer
Vinod
Kambli
who
smashed
669
runs
in
his
first
six
innings
in
the
red-ball
format.

Brook
breaks
David
Gower’s
record

Brook
also
surpassed
former
England
cricketer
David
Gower’s
record
to
become
the
leading
run-scorer
for
England
on
Pakistani
soil.
Brook
(469
runs
and
counting)
left
Gower,
who
had
amassed
449
runs
from
three
matches
in
Pakistan
back
in
1984,
to
claim
another
significant
milestone
in
his
debut
Test
series.

Gower
averaged
112.25
in
1984
England’s
tour
of
Pakistan
and
also
slammed
two
centuries
and
a
top
score
of
an
unbeaten
173.

Brook
has
three
tons
under
his
belt
in
Pakistan,
which
is
another
big
Test
record.

England
came
to
Pakistan
after
a
gap
of
17
years
to
play
a
Test
series
and
won
the
three-match
series
after
taking
an
unassailable
2-0
lead
in
the
first
two
games.