England’s vice-captain, Harry Brook, has issued a clear warning to India ahead of the fourth day of the Edgbaston Test in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He stated that “everybody in the world” knows England is prepared to chase “whatever” target the visitors set for them in the final innings.
After posting a formidable 587 in their first innings, India dismissed England for 407, thanks to a six-wicket haul from Mohammed Siraj and a four-fer from Akash Deep. India concluded the day at 64/1, with KL Rahul and Karun Nair at the crease, holding a healthy lead of 244 runs.
“I think everybody in the world knows that we’re going to try and chase whatever they set us,” Brook, who earlier scored a superb 158, confidently stated in the post-day press conference. “We’ve obviously got a big task at hand tomorrow morning and we’ll try and get a couple of wickets early on and try and put them under pressure,” he added.
The 26-year-old emphasized the unpredictable nature of Test cricket. “Obviously, they are in front of the minute, but if we get a couple of early wickets in the morning… you never know how this game can go. As we’ve seen last week, we got 7 for 30 runs and then 6 for 40 runs at Headingley and then they’ve done the same to us today. Everything happened so quickly and you never know how the game can go,” Brook concluded, hinting at the potential for rapid shifts in momentum.
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