# Brook underlines status as world’s best all-format batter in run-fest

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brook-underlines-status-as-worlds-best-all-format-batter-in-run-fest/
- Published: 2026-10-22T17:52:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T20:56:09+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cmd93kw9q5v3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Entertainment, Sport, World

## Key points

- Brook’s 202 was the fastest ODI double century.
- England lost despite his record-breaking innings.
- His workload and potential remain key questions.

## Summary

Harry Brook scored 202 in England’s defeat by Sri Lanka, producing the fastest double century in men’s one-day international history. The innings was England’s first ODI double hundred and reinforced Brook’s standing as one of the leading batters across all formats, even though his team could not win.

Brook reached 200 from 114 balls, beating Shubman Gill’s record of 117, and became the first player to score a T20 international hundred, an ODI double hundred and a Test triple hundred. He averages 53.08 in Tests, 36.21 in T20 internationals and nearly 50 across his past 29 ODIs; captaincy has also coincided with higher ODI and T20 averages. His heavy international schedule raises questions about rest, while he has turned down the Indian Premier League to focus on England.

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