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Daily Tribune
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
England won't play ‘nice' against India warns Brook
England batsman Harry Brook has warned India that his team 'don't always have to be nice' as they prepare to resume hostilities at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After England battled to a fiery 22-run victory i n the third Test at Lord's, the teams will lock horns again with t h e s e r i e s on the line in Manchester. England on Monday named just one change to that side with Hampshire's left-arm spinner Liam Dawson making his first Test appearance in eight years at the expense of the injured Shoaib Bashir, while Jofra Archer remains in an unchanged pace attack. An England win would put them 3-1 up with one game to play, while India must take the last two matches to secure their first Test series triumph on English soil since 2007. It promises to be another fiercely-fought encounter after India's fielders clashed with England batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett in a time-wasting row at Lord's. That lit a fire under England when it was their turn to field, with Archer giving a pumpedup send-off to India's Rishabh Pant. As the tension mounted in England's 22-run win, Brydon Carse and India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were involved in a mid-pitch collision. But Brook is adamant Ben Stokes' side did not go to far with their spikey approach in pursuit of victory. 'I've had a lot of compliments. Everybody said it was awesome to watch. It was good fun, I have to admit. It was tiring but it made fielding a lot more enjoyable,' he said on Monday. 'I think it put them under a little bit more pressure. The opportunity that arose for us to not be the nice guys was because of what they did. We just thought 'we're not standing for that'. ' W e had a conversation and said 'it's time to not be those nice guys that we have been before'. You don't always have to be nice. Who knows, that might have played into our favour. It was good fun. 'We were doing it within the spirit of the game. We weren't going out there effing and jeffing at them and being nasty people. We were just going about it in the right manner.' 'Wily old fox' India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj was fined 15 per cent of his match fee and given one demerit point for his angry send-off of Duckett during England's second innings, which ended with the pair brushing shoulders. Brookre - vealed it was at his urging after some choice words from head coach Brendon McCullum that they decided to fight back. Asked whether that aggressive approach will continue as England look to win the series, Brook said: 'God knows. We'll see whether it happens again and whether it works. 'I brought it up the night before the last day: 'Baz said the other day we're too nice, I think tomorrow is a perfect opportunity to really get stuck into them'.' Bashir took the final wicket at Lord's but the Somerset spinner's broken finger has opened the way for Dawson's Test recall. The 35-year-old, who has starred in county action for Hampshire leapfrogging the centrally-contracted Jack Leach as the replacement for Bashir, played the last of his three Tests in 2017. He was a member of England's ODI World Cup winning squad in 2019 and was recalled to the T20 side against the West Indies in June. Apart from his bowling Dawson is a more than handy lower order batter with 18 first-class hundreds and an average of just over 35. 'He is a wily, old fox, very experienced and a very skilful cricketer,' Brook said. 'He's willing to always fight for the team, he's very competitive and it's good to have him here.'
Express Tribune
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Express Tribune
England won't play 'nice' against India
England batsman Harry Brook says the team had a conversation and 'it's time to not be those nice guys'. Photo: AFP/file England batsman Harry Brook has warned India that his team "don't always have to be nice" as they prepare to resume hostilities at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After England battled to a fiery 22-run victory in the third Test at Lord's, the teams will lock horns again with the series on the line in Manchester. England on Monday named just one change to that side with Hampshire's left-arm spinner Liam Dawson making his first Test appearance in eight years at the expense of the injured Shoaib Bashir, while Jofra Archer remains in an unchanged pace attack. An England win would put them 3-1 up with one game to play, while India must take the last two matches to secure their first Test series triumph on English soil since 2007. It promises to be another fiercely-fought encounter after India's fielders clashed with England batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett in a time-wasting row at Lord's. That lit a fire under England when it was their turn to field, with Archer giving a pumped-up send-off to India's Rishabh Pant. As the tension mounted in England's 22-run win, Brydon Carse and India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were involved in a mid-pitch collision. But Brook is adamant Ben Stokes' side did not go to far with their spikey approach in pursuit of victory. "I've had a lot of compliments. Everybody said it was awesome to watch. It was good fun, I have to admit. It was tiring but it made fielding a lot more enjoyable," he said on Monday. "I think it put them under a little bit more pressure. The opportunity that arose for us to not be the nice guys was because of what they did. We just thought 'we're not standing for that'. "We had a conversation and said 'it's time to not be those nice guys that we have been before'. You don't always have to be nice. Who knows, that might have played into our favour. It was good fun. "We were doing it within the spirit of the game. We weren't going out there effing and jeffing at them and being nasty people. We were just going about it in the right manner." 'Wily old fox' India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj was fined 15 per cent of his match fee and given one demerit point for his angry send-off of Duckett during England's second innings, which ended with the pair brushing shoulders. Brook revealed it was at his urging after some choice words from head coach Brendon McCullum that they decided to fight back. Asked whether that aggressive approach will continue as England look to win the series, Brook said: "God knows. We'll see whether it happens again and whether it works. "I brought it up the night before the last day: 'Baz said the other day we're too nice, I think tomorrow is a perfect opportunity to really get stuck into them'." Bashir took the final wicket at Lord's but the Somerset spinner's broken finger has opened the way for Dawson's Test recall. The 35-year-old, who has starred in county action for Hampshire leapfrogging the centrally-contracted Jack Leach as the replacement for Bashir, played the last of his three Tests in 2017. He was a member of England's ODI World Cup winning squad in 2019 and was recalled to the T20 side against the West Indies in June. Apart from his bowling Dawson is a more than handy lower order batter with 18 first-class hundreds and an average of just over 35. "He is a wily, old fox, very experienced and a very skilful cricketer," Brook said. "He's willing to always fight for the team, he's very competitive and it's good to have him here." Archer, who took five wickets in his comeback Test at Lord's while bowling at high pace, retains his place in the bowling attack alongside Brydon Carse and Chris Woakes who were preferred to the fit-again Gus Atkinson.
The Age
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Are England too nice? They think so – and this is how they're changing it
England Harry Brook has revealed the dressing room conversations that led the Ashes combatants to take up premeditated, tactical sledging against India, as Ben Stokes' team gears up for the trip to Australia this summer. And pace bowler Brydon Carse has explicitly linked this abrasive approach to how England want to battle Australia for the Ashes here, where England have not won a Test match since 2011, the last time they retained the urn away from home. After a spiteful Lord's Test where players on both sides lost their cool on several occasions, Brook said that coach Brendon McCullum – who has employed his friend and former New Zealand psychologist Gilbert Enoka to help motivate the England players – told the team before the game that they were 'too nice' to opponents. When Indian captain Shubman Gill harried the England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett as they tried to avoid another over being bowled on the third evening, Brook used the episode as a pretext to initiate a sledging barrage for the remainder of the match, which England went on to win narrowly. ''Baz' actually said a few days before the Test that we are too nice sometimes and I brought it up the night before the last day – I said, 'I think tomorrow is a perfect opportunity to really get stuck into them,'' Brook said before the fourth Test in Manchester. England lead India 2-1 with two Tests to play. 'We had a little conversation the night before, where everybody saw them guys get stuck into 'Creeps' and 'Ducky' [Crawley and Duckett] and we just thought, 'We're not having that'. We all piled into them. Loading 'I've had a lot of compliments. Everybody says it was awesome to watch and it looked like there was 11 versus two out there when we were fielding and it was good fun. It made fielding a lot more enjoyable.' Carse, who bowled a fiery spell to set England on the path to winning at Lord's while defending a small fourth innings target, said that expectations of a difficult Ashes assignment had the players thinking about making sure they were similarly aggressive in Australia.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
McCullum's ‘too nice' jibe fired up England after India's verbal attack on Crawley: Was the perfect chance to end it
England batter Harry Brook, on Tuesday, opened up on how head coach Brendon McCullum's "too nice" swipe at the players fired up the team on the eve of the final day of the Lord's Test. Brook said that they saw Day 5 as the "perfect opportunity" to change their "too nice" attitude after India had verbally attacked opener Zak Crawley on the third evening. England head coach Brendon McCullum shakes hands with India's Shubman Gill after the match (Action Images via Reuters) India captain Shubman Gill had accused Crawley of deliberately wasting time, while the rest of the Indian players sarcastically clapped before Ben Duckett intervened. It wasn't the only flashpoint between the two sides in the third Test. On the next morning, fast bowler Mohammed Siraj had aggressively celebrated Duckett's wicket and even made contact with him in his follow-through, for which the ICC punished him. Later, Brydon Carse had a heated exchange with Ravindra Jadeja on the final day. England showed aggression on Day 5, successfully defending 192 and folding India for 170 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Speaking to BBC Sport, Brook revealed that McCullum's words were brought up during a team conversation on the fourth evening, with the game then perfectly poised. "He actually said a few days before that we are too nice sometimes," Brook said. "I brought it up the night before the last day: 'Baz said the other day we're too nice, I think tomorrow is a perfect opportunity to really get stuck into them'. It came at the perfect time. The opportunity that arose for us to not be the nice guys was because of what they did the night before. "We watched two of our guys out there on their own, going back at the Indians after they were going at them. We just thought 'we're not standing for that'. We had a conversation and said 'it's time to not be those nice guys that we have been before'." The loss in London left India in a must-win territory as they now head to Manchester for the fourth Test. More so, their preparations for the game hit a major roadblock as three players were left injured, leaving the selectors to call up Anshul Kamboj as a cover. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was ruled out of the fourth game, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was out for the rest of the series, while pacer Akash Deep is doubtful for the Manchester game. Adding to India's woes, they have never won a Test match at Old Trafford. Their nine attempts at the venue, ended in four defeats and five draws.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
IND vs ENG: Verbal volleys add dash of drama to fiercely-fought series
Mohammed Siraj (Getty Images) MANCHESTER: Mohammed Siraj was in the zone a few minutes into the nets session. The practice pitches had a fair amount of juice and offered enough seam movement to excite the pacer. The ball jagged around and troubled the batters. Siraj went up to his run-up and screamed to Shubman Gill , the batter: 'Welcome to Manchester, man!' Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Rishabh Pant , waiting for his turn to bat in the same net, interjected and said, 'You should say, welcome to England.' Siraj even did his customary celebration once he found Gill's outside edge. It is this tendency to keep coming hard at his opponents that fuels Siraj, as seen over the course of the series. The interaction was a reminder of the heated exchanges between the two teams in the previous Test at Lord's. Injuries, rain, availability concerns: Team India on edge in Manchester | Exclusive updates ahead of 4th Test Neither India nor England are going to take backward step in the fourth Test. Harry Brook, on his part, said England had only been responding to India's aggression on the fourth evening of the Lord's Test, which saw many verbal volleys between the two teams. 'We saw them going hard at Zak (Crawley) and (Ben) Duckett. We had a little chat and thought we may as well get together and go back again,' Brook said on Monday. Brook suggested the exchanges had fired up England. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Tennis takes over in July Tennis TV Watch Now Undo Anshul Kamboj Joins India Nets After Nitish's Injury | Debut Incoming at Manchester? 'I think it put them under a little bit more pressure, chasing a low score on a tough pitch. Thankfully, they ended up crumbling and we won the game,' Brook said. One couldn't have expected a diplomatic response from Siraj. 'We don't plan as such (to be aggressive towards opponents). But when someone like Joe Root gets desperate and you beat him several times, you need to try and get him distracted. When I said, 'Where's your Bazball', it just came up because of the heat generated at that moment,' Siraj said, before declaring with a smile, 'You will see more of it in the series.' Whenever two teams clash and words are exchanged, conservative fans of the game are unsettled. Mohammed Siraj press conference: Akash Deep and Bumrah update, on India vs Pakistan, warning to ENG Brook, however, said, 'We got a lot of compliments. Everybody said that it was awesome to watch. It looked like there were 11 versus two out there when we're fielding. And it was good fun. It was tiring, but good. It made fielding a lot more enjoyable.' This has been a gruelling series but thankfully, neither camp has accused the other of crossing the line. There is even mutual admiration between the team members. India's New Fielding Session is a Proper Vibe | Nets Session Brook, Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope and Root consoling a distraught Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja at Lord's was an example. On Monday, Siraj responded by acknowledging Stokes' beastlike effort on the last day of the last Test. 'We were inspired by Stokes bowling two 10-over spells on the last day. We also appreciate when the opposition does well and look at the things we can learn from them,' he said. The jury will be forever out on this debate but it appears the players themselves see these exchanges as an added element of drama in the game, just like Brook saying, tongue in cheek, 'India set us a ridiculously high total at Edgbaston because they were scared we could chase down any target which is remotely chaseable.' Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
