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Brook’s innings, though, was a notably different from his own knock in Nottingham.<\/p>\n
There, as he looked to build on a sizeable platform having come in at 168-2, he thrashed 39 from 31 balls before chipping a catch back to bowler Marnus Labuschagne. He scored at 7.8 runs per over in the first 30 balls of his innings. <\/p>\n
In his century he began at 4.6 runs per over, increased to 7.6 in the next 30 balls, before finishing with a rate of nine runs per over.<\/p>\n
Having arrived with the score 11-2, it helped him make a careful start before dominating the bowling in a chanceless 110 not out.<\/p>\n
But while it felt like the breakout innings in the format from a man who has previously said, external<\/span><\/a> he is trying to “figure out” the 50-over game at international level, Brook was keen to play down the difference.<\/p>\n “I was just trying to play the ball as late as possible and build a partnership with Jacksy [team-mate Will Jacks],” he said.<\/p>\n “I was knackered when I got out there after 50 overs in the field.”<\/p>\n Brook’s innings also put behind him a tricky run in the latter part of the summer.<\/p>\n Since scoring 109 in the second Test against West Indies he had reached 19 six times across formats for England but not scored more than 56. <\/p>\n