BIRMINGHAM: England’s batting prodigy Harry Brook had no luck in his favour as the right-handed succumbed to a bizarre dismissal on the opening day of the first Ashes Test.
The dismissal came in the 38th over when Nathan Lyon came to bowl for Australia with Harry Brook on strike. The young right-handed batter looked well set batting on 32.
Lyon bowled a shorter length, it spun sharply and bounced, hit the thigh pad and bounced high up in the air.
Australia’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey and other Australia close-in called for a catch with all of them leaving the sight of the ball.
But the ball after remaining in the air for a couple of seconds landed on Harry Brook’s back and deflected onto the stumps to complete a bizarre dismissal for him.
Bagging a bizarre dismissal, he smiled and walked back to the dugout in disgust.
Taking to Twitter, England Cricket also shared the footage of Harry Brook’s unlucky dismissal and called it a ‘Freak Dismissal’.
A freak dismissal.
Live clips/Scorecard: https://t.co/TZMO0eJDwY pic.twitter.com/cIUQaANJ2x
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 16, 2023
Notably, before the commencement of the Ashes, Harry Brook issued a warning to Nathan Lyon, stating that he is going to “take Nathan Lyon on”.
“if he bowls a good ball then I am going to respect it. But other than that, I’m going to try and take him on. He could get a lot of wickets, but hopefully, we are going to hit him for a lot of runs, said Brook in an ICC released statement.
“I would like to think I am a player who can find gaps and hit different gaps, I try and play all around the wicket. I will see whatever field he has; I am sure they will probably start from everybody up and we will go from there,” he added.