Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 25 Feb 2026, where the headline reads “Harry Brook restores order on another rowdy night for England”
Promoted to work the doors from No. 3, England’s captain grabbed this game and chucked it on the pile with the empties. Sometimes you just need a good bouncer in your life. Not the kind that rears up off the pitch and follows you into your personal space. The kind that stands outside a nightclub and maintains a basic level of orderliness in otherwise disorderly environs. Harry Brook would know. He has been smacked by both.
It was in the early days of England‘s winter, way back on October 31, when Brook got into an altercation with a Wellington bouncer hours before going on to captain the third ODI against New Zealand. As with the cricketing variety, being struck by a bouncer can really change a guy. If you’re smart, evasive action tends to be taken. Since arriving in mid-January in South Asia, about a week after this story emerged in the press, Brook has made it a point to stress team curfews, remaining level, and generally just laying off them beers, lad.
