Former England captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has revealed that star right-handed batter Harry Brook failed to get in touch with him after he offered to help him refine his concentration in Test match cricket, despite possessing the potential to rival legendary batters like Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.
“His uncle came to me last year and he said, ‘Would you have a word with him? I told him exactly this. He said, ‘Really? I said, ‘Yeah. I said that much ability is rare, special.
Well, he asked me what I thought of him.
In the first Test against Pakistan at Headingley, Brook made 91, before making 15 in the ongoing game at Lord’s.
“He said, ‘Would you have a word with him? I said, ‘It’s not for me to go to him. He might tell me to, you know, off,’ I said. I gave him my number and never heard a word,” Boycott said in a recent episode of ‘Geoffrey Boycott: An Extraordinary Innings’ podcast. I’ve said before and I’ll say again, I’ve seen a lot of players.
But if he asked me, of course I’d help. Why would I not? Brook is ranked the world’s number one Test batter, but has not managed a century in the format for over a year. “He’s not getting the best out of his talent. “If he wants to carry on playing that way, he’ll have a decent career, but he has the ability, if he could think better, to be in the realms of Lara and Tendulkar. And, whoa, that’s a bit special. To be up in that stratosphere is huge.
