Full Name

Henry James Hamilton Brookes

Born

August 21, 1999, Solihull, Warwickshire

Age

24y 220d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Education

Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull

RELATIONS

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To be branded "a potential superstar" shortly after your Championship debut is to take on big expectations, but Warwickshire's sport director Ashley Giles recognised a strong-minded talent when he made that prediction on behalf of Henry Brookes. A strikingly powerful figure from the off, Brookes' pace bowling was one of the most exciting aspects of Warwickshire's 2018 Division Two winning season. Though a quad injury interrupted his progress in 2021, he made a fine impression for Birmingham Phoenix in 2022, claiming career-best figures of 5 for 25 to announce his potential to a wider audience.

Brookes, who has been at Warwickshire since the age of nine, made his first-team debut against Essex in late 2017, and continued his swift ascent by winning a call-up to the England Lions squad at only 18 and with just six first-class games behind him. Blessed with decent pace - a televised game showed him bowling at 90mph - he took 21 Championship wickets at 22.38 and also made an impression in limited-overs formats, being asked to train with England ahead of a one-day series against India.

But a stress fracture curtailed his rapid progress, leaving an anxious wait before his career could resume in 2019. He performed well that season, with 32 Championship wickets in 11 games, and was a regular in the white-ball sides, earning a £40,000 deal with Phoenix in the Hundred draft. After travelling to Australia on the Lions tour and playing in two warm-up matches, he was named in England's enlarged training group ahead of the Covid-affected home summer in 2020, and then in the ODI group ahead of their series against Ireland.
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Henry Brookes Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC336052183396896/208/11938.153.9058.6310
List A1715719786253/443/4431.446.5528.7000
T20s49499771503585/255/2525.919.2316.8110

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC334888068420.15149853.80059216110
List A17832512*5.003571.42002110
T20s49261218831*13.42145129.6500177140

Recent Matches of Henry Brookes

Photos of Henry Brookes

Henry Brookes ripped through the Leicestershire top order
Henry Brookes took five wickets
Henry Brookes celebrates the dismissal of Joe Root
Henry Brookes roars in celebration
Henry Brookes bowls in front of a nearly-deserted Edgbaston as fans flocked to the concourse to watch Ben Stokes' heroics
Henry Brookes celebrates a breakthrough with his team-mates