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00:00obviously tracked it well with the eyes and made exactly the right decision
00:09very very nicely glided for four to end the over
00:19trying for that reverse swing whipped away leg side that'll go to the fence
00:24yeah brooke quickly into double figures he's only been in there 10 balls he already has two
00:33boundaries england are all the way through their lineup they have quick scoring players and on this
00:39ground and this pitch no batter won't stem the flow of runs too full he's got to bowl the length
00:47that he bowled to duck it the odd surprise yorker will drag your length back
00:54and beautifully glided away so much time off the surface and obviously the talent that brooke
01:01has a couple of runs for him through the offside
01:12that's the length on this surface
01:16quite quick enough to go for the magic in swinging your ball coming back into the stumps
01:24it is a tough up
01:29lovely shot classy cover drive and that else four from the moment hit the bat
01:38268 for three off and running he doesn't move that front foot much
01:42he certainly doesn't move it across to the line of the ball watch that front foot it stays there
01:46but it enables the bat to come through that is just about perfect as far as balance goes
01:59we've seen that a few times the sweep shot that goes to the fence
02:03margin for error on this surface is minuscule really that was two leg side no one on the sweep it was a
02:12free hit for harry brooke there's a leg slip there but he's too good a player to miss out he doesn't
02:18that has been trashed through the offside he caught up with it and that's raised to the fence
02:32and the margins squeeze when brooke is batting every time the ball has been pitched up in his zone
02:40he's put it away once again staying inside the line of the ball so that he can access the ball freely
02:58there's so much room there and there's nobody in front of square
03:03so the chances are that runs are there for the taking now it has occasionally got him out he got
03:09out like that at lords against australia in the ashes but i don't think he'll be sucked into playing
03:16to where the field is are he's going to do that
03:20i think well that also becomes such a plausible option for brooke is because of the pace the
03:25piece of shine sharp it is bowling at 130 clicks it allows for brooke to give himself when
03:32play in front of square on the outside
03:43again the base of shine sharp it he won't bother him
03:50it's a fruitful combination harry brooke in pakistan three hundreds in the series two years ago he likes
03:57batting here he likes these low bounce pitches and he has 50 once again
04:15he's back for two and that's a hundred partnership between the two loves
04:19batting in pakistan he had a phenomenal tour out here
04:27played off the pitch from harry brooke
04:34let's found a way through around the back of the legs
04:38all the way down to the boundary no just a diving stop good commitment
04:49oh she did this roll onto the stumps hit him on the chest spun back he missed it with his right boot
04:56and it did hit the stumps the bail stays on
05:05i don't know which football team he supports but he ain't gonna get a gig there is he
05:09that's the second four in the last eleven overs that's well struck sweep shot
05:22i was just going to mention that that joe root might have stopped playing the sweep with the field
05:27set and also given his cramps slightly more difficult harry brooke hasn't they've persisted with this line
05:33far outside the leg stump every now and then abroad drops it short
05:39harry brooke is being able to pick up ones and twos this time pierces the gap as well
05:44so it's might have halted or slowed down the tempo but
05:48still salman's previous over with the ones and twos gave six
05:54this one already six through this over as well
05:56make that eight also brings up the 150 run partnership between the two the runs are still coming
06:06for his way shot
06:10well that inside edge past the wicket keeper
06:17couple more runs
06:21with the way the field is set they're asking him to play that sweep shot goes down for the leg side
06:27off the ball he hasn't played that yet so far
06:34that's extraordinary that is absolutely brilliant from harry brooke he jumps to 98
06:42yeah how many would hit a six in the 90s like this effortlessly put away
06:47that over the wicked angle not worrying him at all
06:50this is great batting child's play
06:58good uses of the feet full face of the bat
07:01and got the desired result
07:08cuts cuts well picks up a run it's miss fielded at point
07:12come back for two and that's another great hundred by brooke
07:17he doesn't seem to break his stride at all when he's batting here on these pitches in pakistan that's
07:24terrific hundred and a terrific track record for a very very great talent he's an exceptional talent
07:32let's not forget his his prowess in white ball cricket and in test cricket he averages over 50
07:39yeah he had few issues with his technique it's all sorted the moment he came up started to hit boundaries frequently
07:51it has been a brilliant innings
07:58this quality of shot making is worth watching
08:02yeah majestic really is majestic cover drive
08:15wonderfully played classical
08:20and executed that stroke with consummate ease
08:25broke on that occasion
08:26wasn't a full swing just a may push and the ball traveled
08:42rare play and a miss when you're batting at 115 and the form that you're in
08:49you almost back yourself a little bit of
08:52carry and zip across to the right-hander as well now from shaheen
08:55every time he has balled just back of the length shaheen shah fridi
09:01he got that natural left arm angle
09:06and has troubled the batsman unfortunately he hasn't been consistent that's where he should be
09:18or maybe couple of inches closer to the off stump
09:25this time off the middle and this time pings away for four
09:31is absolutely exquisite to watch
09:35i mean that is one special drive is paid
09:39few like that earlier as well 200 run partnership is raised but have a look at this easy grace through the offside
09:46picture perfect
09:48they've not really been able to crack the code
09:51how to get brook out here in pakistan four tests four hundreds game
09:59another beauty
10:01another beauty pinging off the bat of brook
10:03gives him the charge and blast this away through the offside that is again spectacular from brook
10:14it's 476 for three
10:24final ball of the day is pulled away down to long leg
10:27how good is that we've seen plenty of great cover drives add one to your list brook
10:44150 his third score of 150 or more in test class eight yeah you can't ball in there he's so efficient
10:53playing that cover drive
10:59you can see how easy batting is especially for two very very fine players
11:08who actually need a bad delivery to score
11:11this game down the pitch a shimmy down the pitch
11:15roll of the wrist and off she went
11:19easy as you like
11:20maybe the charge is on at some point as ben duckett said to us last night on interview
11:32england had the right to bat at whatever tempo they wanted to this morning and then at some point
11:37would push the accelerator harry brook might have pushed the accelerator so hard he's done himself a
11:42mischief
11:45brutal shot pakistan under a spot of pressure arouge
11:52more dean
11:52well that's more runs and it's going to be four of them all eyes on umpire darmasina it is runs to harry brooke so back to back boundaries
12:02oh no
12:08fairly sure that was joe root's bat hitting the ground well joe root's bat has hit the ball on that occasion and it's a wafer four
12:15well that's what he was looking for
12:17from that first ball salman is bowling this very
12:20negative if you want to call it that line way outside lake stump
12:24and there's a leg slip in place but the man out on the leg side boundary is quite square so root is trying to hit it
12:31fine between keeper and leg slip
12:33well he was prepared for that shot a long long way in advance it seems made the move to establish the position
12:51when the gaps are there and when the timings there the boundaries come
12:55as well in between of course it's the diet of ones and twos
12:58now with utmost ease this time easing it through the offside there's a lot of improvisation but safe
13:08improvisation trying to follow the batter on that occasion salman aliyah just didn't have enough pace
13:15that's gone and it's a boundary i think it will be given us for shine shall freely trying his hand at
13:29it with a diving effort not to be
13:30fitness levels are incredible really of these two root in particular has been on the field all
13:44but eight deliveries but they're still scampering through for singles still taking every run on offer
13:49still sprinting when it goes in the deep tip and run offside here we go
13:54just eases it on the offside a first test double hundred for harry brooke he is some talent
14:13loves batting against pakistan loves batting in pakistan brilliant
14:20yes he has developed affinity against with pakistan every time he comes out to bat
14:28in a test match against pakistan you're assured he'll come out with something special the moment
14:36he arrived at the crease was able to establish authority and from there on he created that fear
14:42in the ball
14:56cut hard and passed extra cover there's a lot of fielders on the boundary but no one there
15:01and no one moved once it got through the inner field all the time in the world rocks back plays it over
15:21uppercut easy as you like no third man
15:27uppercut easy as you like no third man
15:30400 partnership between brooke and root
15:33up
15:35i think that shot sums up the test match so far absolute ease
15:44ball gets big he just opens the bad face plays it late and watches sail into the fence that is
15:52quite spectacular again
15:53and the misery for the pakistani ball is expanse
16:05got it and another one that's just turned a little bit right on the stroke of lunch
16:14slip
16:15he's been welcomed with a glorious stroke that is absolutely special
16:25yeah and the fielding now just starting to look tired and sloppy
16:29just as england start to put their foot down that was a wonderful shot from harry brooke
16:38cut away
16:39and cut away for four plays it late brooke only dealing in boundaries
16:48and catching his partner up that's that's the class of harry brooke he's got root at the other end
16:54on 250 plus this takes him into the 240s
17:02more pain for pakistan
17:09well that is absolutely marvelous
17:14it also brings up harry brooke's 250. he will also be applauded and admired for
17:21test cricket viewers cricket viewers from across the globe the english crowd also stand up and
17:26applaud it's been another phenomenal effort by a very very special talent in harry brooke
17:31there he sure is he just plays with the field he was pulling leg side man went out so he backed away
17:41opened up the offside it only felt a little while ago he was raising that bat for a double he now goes to 250 plus
17:49well how about that this has just gone from excellent to power excellent and beyond
18:02joe root and 255 striking at a 90 plus and he gives himself room now he picks up another four
18:10well he's had the bulk of the strike since lunch it's all been harry brooke that's why he's catching up
18:18joe root now going into one day mode just feeling that hip that's three times since lunch he's just felt that hip
18:26well at least this time the turnaround time
18:39well he's really on the charge now harry brooke he has accelerated
18:44in dramatic fashion after lunch he's now to 272
18:49eyeing joe root and now saoud shakil you can't get two more straightforward catches than we've seen put
18:56down today
19:01as brooke comes down the pitch it's an extravagant an extraordinary shot
19:07over long off say what you like about the pitch and the bowling and the drop catches but this is an
19:11exhibition of quite extraordinary batting from yorkshire's harry brooke
19:16yeah it's not nice nassim shah has been premier baller for pakistan over the years and
19:26it's embarrassing
19:34brooke clubs it down the ground and in the heat and dust of multan
19:39he becomes only the sixth england batsman to make 300 in test cricket joining hutton sandham edrich
19:49hammond and gooch
19:56just looks up to the heavens and it might be a look up to his late grandmother pauline
20:01who ferried him around as a young man to all the cricket matches all the training sessions all the
20:08practice sessions at the heart of this fine innings
20:14deep mid wicket can't stop it off they've just looked a bit ragged in the last hour or so
20:28gadget in the air top edge and he goes harry brooke but he has thrilled us with one of the great innings
20:46nasp three hundred seventeen came to an end it's seven nine seven for
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