England batter Harry Brook scored a triple century and became the sixth player from the country to reach the landmark during the ongoing first Test against Pakistan here on Thursday. Brook hit Saim Ayub for a boundary to reach the milestone in style, joining legends like Leonard Hutton and Graham Gooch. He took 310 balls to complete his triple century, which featured 28 fours and three sixes. It’s worth noting that before Brook, Gooch was the last English batter to score 300 in a Test match back in 1990 against India at Lord’s. He played a marathon 333-run knock with the help of 46 boundaries, including three sixes.

Triple Hundreds For England

Andrew Sandham vs West Indies (1930)

Walter Hammond vs New Zealand (1933)

Leonard Hutton vs Australia (1938)

John Edrich vs New Zealand (1965)

Graham Gooch vs India (1990)

Harry Brook vs Pakistan (2024)

Brook’s marathon knock finished at 317 runs from 322 balls with the help of 29 boundaries and four sixes with the scoreboard reading 797-6. Meanwhile, Pakistan had piled up 556 runs in their first innings courtesy of centuries from Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafique and Salman Ali Agha.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel (vc), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Abrar Ahmad.

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, and Shoaib Bashir.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan