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Derek Pringle: Hold on to your hats – because it has to be Harry Brook for England captain

Derek Pringle assesses whether Harry Brook has the maturity and temperament to replace Ben Stokes as England’s Test captain, despite questions over his leadership style.
Harry Brook is drawn to the danger – do England dare give him the Test job?

 

As Britain readies itself for its seventh prime minister in a decade, there appears to be a crisis of leadership and not just within politics.
Cricket, too, is suffering with the recent, unexpected departure of Ben Stokes as Test captain and the search for a suitable replacement.
If succession planning was efficient, that person would be 27-year-old Harry Brook.
He has been Stokes’ vice-captain since last September and England’s white-ball leader since Jos Buttler jacked in that particular job 15 months ago.
The right man?
But is Brook the right man for a role considered to be one of the m...

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