Watch: Harry Brook out bowled in weird method on Day 1 of 1st Ashes Test, Ricky Ponting left baffled

By India Today Sports Desk: Harry Brook was a sufferer to a weird dismissal on Day 1 of the opening Test within the Ashes 2023 on the Edgbaston in Birmingham. Brook got here to bat within the post-lunch session after Scott Boland removed a harmful Zak Crawley on the stroke of lunch.

Brook regarded good throughout his keep within the center as he took the assault to the Australian bowlers. The Young Turk acquired a lifeline when Travis Head dropped him. Brook was batting on 24. Just when it appeared that he would make the Aussies pay, he acquired out.

Nathan Lyon bowled one from across the wicket and the ball lobbed up within the air after hitting Brook’s thigh pad. Thereafter, Brook and the Australian fielders couldn’t work out the place the ball went. The ball finally landed between Brook and the stumps.

Watch: Harry Brook’s freak dismissal

To make issues worse, the ball brushed Brook’s again leg and crashed onto the stumps. The bails had been dislodged and the Aussies had been jubilated. Ricky Ponting, within the meantime, was left baffled by the type of dismissal. The veteran mentioned that he had by no means seen a dismissal like that in his profession.

“I’ve seen many types of dismissals, nothing like this,” Ponting was quoted as saying within the commentary. Brook scored 32 runs off 37 balls with 4 fours. England had been 175 for the lack of 4 wickets when Brook departed.

Brook was a tad circumspect early on, after which he broke the shackles with an inside-out shot off Lyon over the additional cowl area. Brook accelerated additional and hit Boland for 2 fours by means of the off-side. He acquired a fortunate break when Head dropped him, however couldn’t make use of the lifeline.

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