Brook,
24,
came
to
the
crease
with
England
in
a
dire
position,
sitting
at
21-3
after
Zak
Crawley,
Ben
Duckett
and
Ollie
Pope
all
found
themselves
dismissed
in
a
combined
39
deliveries.
England
lose
top-order
cheaply
New
Zealand
quick
Matt
Henry
took
the
first
wicket,
finding
the
outside
edge
of
Crawley
in
the
fourth
over,
and
after
that
one
went
through
to
Tom
Blundell
with
the
gloves
on,
Pope
edged
to
third-slip
off
Henry’s
very
next
over.
Michael
Bracewell
snagged
another
catch
at
third
slip
when
Tim
Southee
found
Ben
Duckett’s
edge,
leaving
the
visitors
in
a
precarious
position,
but
they
were
just
getting
started.
Brook
and
Root
resurrect
England
innings
With
Joe
Root
down
the
other
end,
Brook
showed
no
fear,
maintaining
a
strike
rate
near
100
his
entire
innings
as
he
blasted
his
way
to
100
off
107
deliveries.
It
was
his
fourth
century
from
nine
Test
innings,
and
while
he
still
has
his
sights
set
on
his
first
double-century,
he
continued
to
push
the
tempo,
reaching
stumps
at
184
not-out
off
169
deliveries.
1
54252
Root
played
the
steady
hand,
climbing
his
way
to
101
not-out
off
182
deliveries,
with
just
28
of
his
runs
coming
from
boundaries
(seven
fours).
In
contrast,
126
of
Brook’s
runs
have
come
through
boundaries
(24
fours,
five
sixes).
The
sides
were
only
able
to
get
through
65
overs
before
the
rain
arrived,
forcing
stumps
to
be
called
early
with
England
at
315-3.
Harry
Brook
making
history
Brook
has
burst
onto
the
scene
as
arguably
the
most
exciting
young
Test
batsman
in
recent
years,
and
his
strike
rate
of
99.38
is
the
highest
in
Test
history
for
players
with
at
least
200
runs
in
their
first
five
Tests.
He
currently
has
807
total
runs
–
at
an
average
of
100.87
–
giving
him
a
chance
to
overtake
Sunil
Gavaskar
(912)
and
Sir
Donald
Bradman
(862)
as
the
only
batsmen
in
Test
history
with
more
runs
in
their
first
six
matches.
Root
moves
one
step
closer
to
Cook’s
record
Root’s
century
was
his
29th
while
wearing
the
Test
whites
for
his
country,
and
he
took
one
more
step
towards
reaching
Alastair
Cook’s
record
of
33.
Root
is
now
six
centuries
clear
of
third-placed
Kevin
Pietersen.
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