England's Harry Brook smashed his sixth Test century as he continued his impressive run of form in international cricket across all formats. On a placid track in Multan, Brook played in his usual aggressive style and even though he slowed down a bit after his half-century, he brought up his century off just 118 balls as England outstandingly went after Pakistan's humongous first-innings score in the first Test on Wednesday, October 6.
This was Brook's fifth Test century in the World Test Championship as he went past the likes of Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Shan Masood, who all have four centuries to their name since 2019. Brook joined Shubman Gill, David Warner and Daryl Mitchell among others with five Test tons in WTC.
Brook also became only the third visiting batter after Mohinder Amarnath and Aravinda de Silva to score four Test centuries in Pakistan while equalling the likes of AB de Villiers, Virender Sehwag and Brian Lara to have four tons against Pakistan in the longest format of the game.
Brook came in at the fall of Ben Duckett's wicket in the 50th over and he continued from where the left-hander left. Root was solid at one end and Brook just played on the merit of the ball and the duo put Pakistan on the backfoot as the deficit is around just 100 now with the visitors batting at five runs per over.
Players with five centuries in World Test Championship
Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) - 5 centuries (13 innings)
Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) - 5 centuries (35 innings)
Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan) - 5 centuries (37 innings)
Shubman Gill (India) - 5 centuries (50 innings)
David Warner (Australia) - 5 centuries (68 innings)
Harry Brook (England) - 5 centuries (26 innings)*
Most Test centuries in Pakistan by an overseas player
4 - Harry Brook (6 innings)*
4 - Mohinder Amarnath (18 innings)
4 - Aravinda de Silva (17 innings)
Brook and Root just didn't give any chance and with the pitch not assisting the bowlers a bit, they continued to make merry. Like England, Pakistan bowlers have been made to toil hard, however, there is a contrasting difference between the scoring rates of the two teams and that might just prove to be decisive in the end, if a result is possible.
