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Mark Butcher: Harry Brook’s brilliance for England can’t mask the game’s wider issues

Mark Butcher praises Harry Brook’s remarkable England white-ball side but questions the lack of competitiveness and relevance surrounding international cricket.
England celebrate their series win

 

England’s comprehensive 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka in their T20I series took their record to a hugely impressive 23 wins from 26 since Harry Brook took over the captaincy a year-and-a-half ago.
They’re hovering around top spot in the ICC rankings – going to No.1 after the victory over Sri Lanka before almost immediately being leapfrogged by India – and they deserve a lot of credit for their recent performances.
Since taking charge, Brook has really extolled the virtues of having wicket-taking bowlers in the attack and his move to No.3 has been an extremely profitable one, making two hundre...

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