Henry James Hamilton Brookes (born 21 August 1999) is an English cricketer.[1]

Henry Brookes
Brookes in 2024
Personal information
Full name
Henry James Hamilton Brookes
Born (1999-08-21) 21 August 1999 (age 25)
Solihull, West Midlands, England
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsEA Brookes (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2023Warwickshire (squad no. 10)
2022–2023Birmingham Phoenix
2023Derbyshire (on loan)
2024–presentMiddlesex (squad no. 8)
First-class debut12 September 2017 Warwickshire v Essex
List A debut20 May 2018 Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 42 23 56
Runs scored 893 70 195
Batting average 18.60 10.00 11.47
100s/50s 0/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 84 29* 31*
Balls bowled 6,430 1,005 1,085
Wickets 111 35 63
Bowling average 37.52 30.20 27.09
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/20 4/43 5/25
Catches/stumpings 11/– 1/– 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2024

Brookes made his first-class debut for Warwickshire in the 2017 County Championship on 12 September 2017.[2] He made his List A debut for Warwickshire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 20 May 2018.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Warwickshire in the 2018 t20 Blast on 4 July 2018.[4] He got his first 5 wicket haul in The Hundred for Birmingham Phoenix against Southern Brave on 10 August 2022.

On 29 May 2020, Brookes was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] On 9 July 2020, Brookes was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland.[7][8]

In April 2022, he was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[9]

He joined Middlesex on 12 December 2023 for the 2024 season. [1]

References

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  1. ^ "Henry Brookes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Specsavers County Championship Division One at Birmingham, Sep 12-15 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "North Group, Royal London One-Day Cup at Leeds, May 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ "North Group (N), Vitality Blast at Nottingham, Jul 4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. ^ "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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