New Zealand v England: Harry Brook hits five sixes in over in warm-up match

Harry Brook has made hundreds successful each of his past 3 Tests

Harry Brook deed 5 sixes successful an implicit arsenic England warmed up for the archetypal Test against New Zealand with emblematic aggression successful Hamilton.

After defending the archetypal shot of an implicit from leg-spinner Adi Ashok, Brook deed the adjacent 5 balls for maximums.

Dan Lawrence weighed successful with 85, Joe Root made 77 and Ben Foakes 55.

England were owed to play 2 two-day matches - 1 with a reddish shot and different with the pinkish - but alternatively are playing conscionable one, nether floodlights, to hole for the day-night opener to the two-Test bid successful Mount Maunganui connected 16 February.

This batting time was pre-determined and England exhibited each of their attacking intent against a location broadside that included gait bowler Kyle Jamieson, who has been included successful the New Zealand Test squad aft recovering from a backmost injury.

Brook defended the archetypal shot from Ashok's implicit into the disconnected side, past slog-swept the adjacent shot implicit the mid-wicket bound and retired of the crushed to commencement the onslaught and helium lone missed retired connected a period erstwhile helium uppercut seamer Jarrod McKay into the hands of 3rd man.

Brook, who made hundreds successful each 3 Tests of England's 3-0 triumph successful Pakistan, has the accidental to go conscionable the 2nd England batter to people centuries successful 4 successive Tests - aft Ken Barrington did truthful doubly successful the 1960s - erstwhile the tourists meets the Black Caps astatine the Bay Oval.

"I'm not bothered astir that," Brook told BBC Sport. "If I don't get runs, truthful beryllium it, but if I bash get runs it's an implicit bonus.

"All I privation to bash is effort to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic I tin for England and hopefully I tin beryllium a captious portion of that."

"There are truthful galore players successful the country," added Yorkshire's Brook. "There are a fewer sat backmost astatine location oregon playing successful a T20 league. There is ever contention for places, that is wherefore you person to support connected scoring runs."

Lawrence is playing aft skipper Ben Stokes opted to beryllium retired and the Essex antheral demonstrated England's batting extent with a 55-ball sound that included 12 fours and 3 sixes.

Stokes batted successful the nets, bowled successful the mediate during an interval and chatted to New Zealand skipper Tim Southee, who was successful attendance arsenic a spectator.

He again handed the captaincy reins to Ollie Pope, the Surrey antheral being groomed for leadership. Pope made 26, Ben Duckett 32 and Zak Crawley 17.

Root looked successful ultimate interaction earlier helium edged a expanse down the limb broadside disconnected a mediocre transportation from Ashok.

The erstwhile skipper volition beryllium looking to extremity a tally of six Tests without a hundred, a comparative thin spell fixed his spectacular signifier stretching backmost to the opening of 2021.

Jonny Bairstow remains sidelined with a breached limb sustained successful an mishap playing golf.