‘Stokes is one of the best players to ever play cricket, so I can't really complain, can I?’
Ben Stokes and Harry Brook
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Harry Brook is trying not to think about his absence from England's initial 15-man team for the forthcoming World Cup in India and hopes to "move on" as soon as possible from the setback.
Brook was generally expected to make the cut after a strong start to his international career across formats, but he was pushed out by Ben Stokes' decision to return to ODIs, with England favoring experience over youth.
Brook suggested that he could have done more in the last six months to press his case - and that a dearth of List A experience might have cost him.
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"Obviously it's disappointing but I can't do anything about it now, You've just got to move on. I'm trying not to think about it anymore,” Brook said after hitting 44 off 24 balls in Northern Superchargers' defeat to London Spirit at Lord's on Friday night.
"I've not had much conversation with Matthew [Mott] or Jos [Buttler]. They said with Stokesy coming back I was probably going to miss out this time. He is one of the best players to ever play cricket, so I can't really complain, can I?
"I feel like I'm playing well at the minute and feel I could potentially add value to the team. [But] there's always something more you could do" he added.
Brook has only played three One-Day Internationals for England, all against South Africa in early 2023, and his last 50-over game was for Yorkshire in 2019, with the local competition overlapping with the Hundred in the previous three seasons.
