{"id":229727,"date":"2026-02-21T09:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/brook-says-overlooking-pakistan-players-for-the-hundred-would-be-a-shame\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:21:34","slug":"brook-says-overlooking-pakistan-players-for-the-hundred-would-be-a-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/brook-says-overlooking-pakistan-players-for-the-hundred-would-be-a-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Brook says overlooking Pakistan players for the Hundred would be \u2018a shame\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Harry Brook has called on teams in this year\u2019s Hundred to embrace Pakistan players after it was reported that they would not be considered by the tournament\u2019s four Indian-owned sides.<\/p>\n

Brook, England\u2019s white-ball captain, is contracted to Sunrisers Leeds, owned by the Indian media corporation the Sun Group, owners of the IPL<\/a> side Sunrisers Hyderabad, and is the highest-paid player in the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Sixty-three Pakistan players will be available in the auction for the men\u2019s tournament on 12 March, including all but two of those in their squad for the current T20 World Cup, as well as four in the women\u2019s auction scheduled for the previous day.<\/p>\n

Brook said the teams\u2019 choice of which players to target was \u201cnot really any of our business\u201d, but added: \u201cWhat I would say is Pakistan have been a great cricket nation for many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s about 50 or 60 players in the auction and it would be a shame not to see some of them in there. There\u2019s some amazing cricketers and they bring some great crowds as well. It would be a shame to not see some of the Pakistan players in there, and [they] make the tournament even better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 26-year-old captained his side, then known as Northern Superchargers, in the 2024 and 2025 seasons but revealed on Saturday that at his own request he would not be leading them this summer. \u201cI have already said I am not going to captain this year,\u201d he said. \u201cI am staying away from that stuff and will let the head coach and whoever is in charge control that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunrisers play their first game at the Oval on 21 July, two days after Brook is due to captain England in a one-day international against India at Lord\u2019s. The final will be played on 16 August, three days before Brook is likely to represent England in the first of three Tests, as it happens against Pakistan, at Headingley, Sunrisers\u2019 home ground.<\/p>\n

Brook\u2019s focus is on England as they prepare for their first game of the Super 8s stage of the T20 World Cup<\/a> against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on Sunday. Unusually England are not naming a team until the toss, with Brook saying \u2013 though it was not clear whether he was referring to personnel or simply to mindset \u2013 that \u201cthere\u2019s going to be some changes to the side so we\u2019re not too predictable\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Rain washed out New Zealand\u2019s Super 8s match against Pakistan on Saturday.\u00a0Pakistan’s Salman Agha won the toss and elected to bat in the Group Two match but play could not begin as the rain only got heavier and puddles formed on the covers on the outfield.\u00a0The teams earned one point each from the abandoned first fixture of the tournament\u2019s Super 8s stage.\u00a0Pakistan face England in a clash between two former champions on Tuesday, while New Zealand play tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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England are waiting to learn whether Jacob Bethell will be able to bowl, with the finger he injured in the field against West Indies still in protective strapping on Saturday. \u201cThe rule with the strapping isn\u2019t helping, because he\u2019s got a decent cut on his finger so he\u2019d have to have strapping on,\u201d Brook said. \u201cIf there\u2019s some way we can get around that then we\u2019d like to bowl him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tournament\u2019s playing conditions stipulate that \u201cprotection for the hand or fingers may be worn only with the consent of the umpires\u201d. Bethell has continued to play since sustaining the injury but has not bowled since England\u2019s victory over Sri Lanka, also in Pallekele, in their final warm-up game on 3 February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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