Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has warned Harry Brook that he might take his comments differently from the post-match presentation of the first ODI against Australia on Thursday, September 19. Cook also added that England failed to make correct decisions according to the match situation as well. Notably, England posted 315 in 49.4 overs but were on course for more in the 33rd over mark. However, a few set batters played some overly attacking shots and the hosts eventually lost the game.

He said on the BBC Test Match Special: “I think if he has his time again, in a few years’ time as captain, Harry Brook might cringe a little bit at saying what he actually said. He gave a bad answer to a question about not minding being caught on the boundary. I understand what he is trying to say. He’s trying to give that message about taking the right option. Ultimately they have to be better at recognising the pitch they are on. They messed up from 200-2 and were not good enough with the bat,” Cook added.

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While the surface encouraged the spinners, England’s three spinners – Adil Rashid, Liam Livingstone, and Jacob Bethell – weren’t enough. Travis Head top-scored with an unbeaten 54 and took Australia home in only 44 overs along with Marnus Labuschagne (77*). At the post-match presentation, the Yorkshire cricketer also claimed not to be ‘too fussed’ about batters losing their wickets while trying to hit sixes as well.

“We are out there to score runs. If you get caught somewhere on the boundary or in the field then who cares? On another day that could go for six so I’m not too fussed about that. Obviously it was grabbing in the pitch but another day we hit them for six. They hit a few in the air and they landed safely so a little bit unlucky. We want to entertain like I have said a few times. Obviously we care but if you get out trying to score runs that’s the way we want to play,” he said.