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Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday bought England batter Harry Brook for Rs 4 crore at the IPL Players Auction 2024 in Dubai. Brook, who was released by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) ahead of the auction, sparked a bidding war between DC and Rajasthan Royals. Brook had a below par IPL 2023 with the bat after being bought buy SRH for a whopping sum of Rs 13.25 crore.
The Indian Premier League 14 (IPL) mini-auction is less than 24 hours away and this time some of the renowned international players are set to appear during the event in Dubai. There will be some eye-catching picks during the auction as all ten franchises look to fill the overall 77 slots that are available. Some of the top overseas players who are likely to steal the limelight during the auction hail from top cricketing nations like New Zealand, England, Australia and South Africa.
West Indies will be up against England in the 4th T20I of England's tour of West Indies, 5 T20I Series 2023 on Wednesday, December 20 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, West Indies. The match will start at 1:30 AM IST. In the third T20I, opener Phil Salt scored an unbeaten 56-ball 109 to secure a maiden T20I century, while a late contribution from young Harry Brook who scored 24 runs in the final over against Andre Russell in England's dramatic seven-wicket victory over the West Indies, keeping them in contention with a 2-1 scoreline in the five-match T20I series.
Following England's seven-wicket win over West Indies in the third T20I match, skipper Jos Buttler said that it was great to keep the series alive. Speaking at the post-match presentation on Saturday, Buttler gave all the "credit" for the win to Philip Salt after his unbeaten 109-run knock during the run chase. He added that they tried a lot with the ball in the first inning. He also revealed that the wicket was tough for the spinners.
England batter Harry Brook produced one of the most dramatic finishes in T20 international cricket history as his side took on West Indies on Saturday. With England requiring 21 runs from the final 6 balls to win the second T20I, Brook stepped up and produced stunning fireworks to win the match, keeping the series level 1-1. Up against Andre Russell, a bowler who barely gives an inch to the batters when it comes to death overs, Brook smashed the deliveries all around the park, right in time for the upcoming Indian Premier League auction.
Twenty-year-old spinner Shoaib Bashir was on Monday named in England's 16-man squad for the five-Test series against India along with fellow uncapped bowlers Gus Atkinson and Tom Hartley. Bashir only made his first-class debut for Somerset in June but is one of four spinners included for the tour, while vice-captain Ollie Pope and Jack Leach return to the team after injuries. Fast bowler Atkinson and left-arm spinner Hartley have represented England in white-ball cricket but are yet to play at Test level.
Zak Crawley has been selected in England’s squad for their five-match Test series against India.
England head coach Matthew Mott has urged fans to be patient with England's new-look white-ball team, considering it is work in progress and stressing that they have had only three opportunities together to play as a group. A new-look, revamped England side succumbed to a four-wicket defeat to West Indies in the third and final ODI to lose the series 2-1 after a miserable ICC Cricket World Cup campaign, which saw the then-defending champions win only three matches out of nine and finish at seventh place.