Harry Brooke hit five sixes in an over as England displayed the aggression typical of the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton.
Brooke made England 97 out of 465 in just 69.2 overs on the first day of the two-day pink-ball match against New Zealand XI.
After leg-spinner Adi Ashok defended the first ball of the over, Brook scored maximum runs in the next five balls.
Dean Lawrence scored 85, Joe Root scored 77 and Ben Fooks scored 55.
England were due to play two two-dayers – one with the red ball and one with the pink – but instead played just one, under floodlights, at Mount Maunganui in preparation for the day-night opener of the two-Test series. Is. February 16.
The day’s batting was set in advance and England showed all their attacking intent against the home side, including fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, who was dropped from the New Zealand Test squad after recovering from a back injury. has been added.
Brook defended the first ball off Ashok’s over, then launched the attack with the next ball on the midwicket boundary and out of the ground, only missing out on a century when he edged fast bowler Jarrod McKay. Cut up. The hands of the third man
Brooke, who scored centuries in all three Tests in England’s 3-0 win in Pakistan, is on course to become only the second England batsman to score centuries in four consecutive Tests – after Ken Barrington in the 1960s. What was it – when the Black Caps at the Tourist Bay Oval.
“I’m not worried about it,” Brook told JEE News. “If I don’t get runs, so be it, but if I score runs, it’s a complete bonus.
“All I want to do is try to win as many games as possible for England and hopefully I can be a big part of that.”
Yorkshire’s Brooke added that there are plenty of players in the country. “Some people are sitting at home or playing T20 leagues. There is always competition for places, so you have to keep scoring runs.”
Lawrence is playing after skipper Ben Stokes opted to sit out and the Essex player showed the depth of England’s batting, hitting 12 fours and three sixes off 55 balls.
Stokes batted in the nets, bowled in the middle during the interval and chatted with New Zealand captain Tim Southee, who was there as a spectator.
He again handed over the reins of captaincy to Ollie Pope, with the Surrey man being groomed to lead. Pope scored 26, Ben Duckett scored 32 and Zach Crowley scored 17.
Root looked very much in touch before being swept down the leg side on a poor delivery from Ashok.
The former captain will be looking to end a run of six Tests without a century, a relatively lean spell that has seen his excellent form stretch into the start of 2021.
Jonny Bairstow was sidelined after breaking his leg in a golfing accident.
