Our Bureau
London
The third test of the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy was pure cinema with the on-field tensions between both teams and the thrilling battle on the last day where the match went to the wire. Harry Brook, the current World No. 1 batter, spoke in length about the on-field tensions with the Indian players and how that has helped his team more than the Indian team.
Brook stated how the England team always tries to uphold the spirit of the game as much as they can. But when they saw the Indian players going at their openers Zack Crawley and Ben Duckett at the end of Day 3, they decided not to hold back and go right back at them. The middle-order batter also stated that he thought it put the Indian players under a bit more pressure to which they crumbled in the end.
Brook said, “Yeah, absolutely. We try to play in the spirit of the game as much as possible. Those lads went hard at Creeps and Ducky on that night when Bumrah bowled that single over. We watched that, we reassessed and we thought it was the right time to go back at them.”
“I think it put them under a little bit more pressure. Chasing a low score but on a tough pitch, it might have given them a little bit of added pressure and thankfully they ended up crumbling and we won the game,” he added.
He also spoke highly about the game they had which instantly became an all-time classic and was loved by people all around. He said that they do not always have to be nice in a game and a bit of tussle between the players can be one of the reasons they ended up winning the match.
“Everybody said it was awesome to watch and it looked like there was 11 versus two when we were fielding. It was good fun, I have to admit, it was tiring but it made fielding a lot more enjoyable. You don’t always have to be nice. As we saw last week, we tried to create a bit of niggle. Who knows, that might have played into our favour or we just bowled well,” said Brook.
