Veteran pace bowler Stuart Broad expressed his displeasure with England batter Harry Brook’s poor bowling during the recently finished drawn fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Manchester as well. He delivered three overs in the final hour of Day 5 (Sunday, July 27) and remained wicketless and conceded 24 runs. Broad labelled his bowling as ‘absolute filth’.

Reacting to Brooks’ bowling, Broad said in a video posted on the YouTube channel, For The Love Of Cricket: “Harry Brook came on to bowl and bowled absolute filth. He bowled off spin. It was a bit of an embarrassing moment because we put the little ticker up at the bottom, Harry Brook onto bowl, one Test match wicket, poor Kane Williamson, caught down the leg side in Wellington, right-arm medium pace. And he ran up and bowled off spin. He looked like a poor man’s Dan Lawrence. He just bowled down the leg side, trying to almost get the game done.”

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“There are certain instances where both teams can be right. Stokes is right to take his cap off and offer the handshake. His team have fielded 143 overs, they are knackered, they are exhausted, they want to get off the field, there is no result that can happen. Also, the Indian batters are right to go; I’ve really worked hard for the last few hours, and I’m going to get a hundred,” he further added.

Meanwhile, England’s wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler also said that Washington Sundar deserved to hit his maiden Test century after doing all the hard work as well.

“Even if you shook hands at that point, the value of that innings is there for all to see, whether it’s 75, 89, or 103. I don’t think the value of that changes. But we are all cricketers who say we’re not for the milestones and some of that, but there is a big element to that. Washington Sundar, having never scored a Test match century, is well within his rights to say I want it to be a Test match century,” he stated.