{"id":188037,"date":"2026-06-30T13:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188037"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:02:23","slug":"would-be-a-privilege-to-succeed-stokes-as-england-test-captain-harry-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188037","title":{"rendered":"Would be a privilege to succeed Stokes as England Test captain: Harry Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71167182\">Harry Brook is open to being England cricket captain in all three formats after saying it would be a \u201cprivilege\u201d to succeed Ben Stokes as skipper of the test team.<\/p>\n<p>Already the captain of England\u2019s ODI and T20 sides, Brook would be an obvious choice to lead the Test team, too, given he has been the vice-captain to Stokes since September.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes retired from international cricket on Monday after the Test series loss to New Zealand, in which Brook was also involved.<\/p>\n<p>The following day and speaking in his role as T20 captain ahead of the five-match series against India starting Wednesday, Brook said it would be \u201cgreat\u201d to be test captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be a privilege to do it, to captain England in the highest format of our game,\u201d Brook said. \u201cIt\u2019s the pinnacle \u2014 playing test cricket is the greatest thing that I\u2019ve ever done in my life and it\u2019s a dream, something that I\u2019ve always wanted to do since I could speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not up to me, that decision. But if I got offered it, then I\u2019d be happy to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>ENG vs IND, 1st T20I: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/england-vs-india-1st-t20i-shreyas-iyer-ireland-defeat-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-debut-quotes\/article71166667.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Shreyas non-committal on Sooryavanshi debut prospects, backs T20 World Cup-winners<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Brook accepted it would be a \u201ctough job\u201d to juggle being captain in three formats but said it would be manageable because he has \u201ccommitted completely to England cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said that I don\u2019t want to play any franchise cricket, bar The Hundred, and everything that I want to do is to play cricket for England. And whatever I do on and off the field is to try and perform as well as I possibly can for England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence the reason I don\u2019t play in the IPL and PSL and all the other franchise competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/harry-brook-england-test-captain-odi-t20-series-against-india-stokes-latest-news\/article71167182.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Brook is open to being England cricket captain in all three formats after saying it would be a \u201cprivilege\u201d to succeed Ben Stokes as skipper of the test team.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-27T131846Z_275881311_UP1EM6R10Z8LV_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-ENG-NZL.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179076,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179076","url_meta":{"origin":188037,"position":0},"title":"Stokes, Atkinson left out for second New Zealand Test; Root named interim captain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England Test captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been left out of England\u2019s squad for the second Test of its series against New Zealand. 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