England’s captain Harry Brook (AP Photo)
A blistering 50-ball century against Pakistan. A captain dragging England into the T20 World Cup semifinal. A coming-of-age knock in white-ball cricket.Harry Brook walked off Pallekele on Tuesday, having produced the second-fastest century in the history of the T20 World Cup and first by a captain.
A buccaneering innings that even Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi – who eventually dismissed him – called it “the best innings of his life.”Four years ago, Brook and Afridi shared a dressing room at Lahore Qalandars in the PSL, victorious together. In Pallekele, they were adversaries. Afridi struck four times for…