ENG vs IND 2025: 'Played everywhere, played against everyone' - Brook counts on Dawson's experience for 4th Test

Harry Brook spoke highly of Liam Dawson upon his addition to England's XI for the upcoming fourth Test of the ongoing five-match series against India. An injury, though on the non-bowling hand, to Shoaib Bashir meant that 35-year-old Dawson came in as the former's replacement and is all set to play his first red-ball game since July 2017.

The England batter commented on the experience the all-rounder brought to the set-up, in terms of his all-round skills. He also spoke highly of Dawson's hunger to win as being an added boost to the squad, give the latter's record with the bat as well. The young batter feels it is always good to have guys like Dawson in the dressing room.

“He's a wily old fox, [and] very experienced. He's a very skilful cricketer as well. He's played everywhere, played against everyone. Hopefully, he can land it in the foot-holes and create a bit of spice out of there and some opportunities to take wickets. He's obviously a very good batter as well, he's got nearly 20 (18) First-Class hundreds. That's adding to our strength in batting. He's a good bloke, he's willing to always fight for the team. He's very competitive, and it's good to have him here,” he said during the pre-match press conference on Monday.

Not in the same league as him, so I'll happily let him have it: Brook

The No. 5 batter shed light on the recent shift in the ICC rankings for Test batters, in which he was dethroned by Joe Root as the No. 1 batter, in what has been a see-saw ride between two of the most dependable men in the English unit.

“Everybody wants to be number one, don't they? Him, probably more than anybody else. He's a phenomenal player. I'm not in the same league as him, so I'll happily let him have it. He's played for 12–13 years or however long he's played. In my opinion, he's the best Test batter of all time, so I'll let him have that one for now,” added Brook.

England add Liam Dawson to Playing XI for 4th Test vs India

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England currently lead the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy by a 2-1 margin, which they achieved courtesy of their thrilling 22-run win at Lord's. The fourth Test is scheduled to be played at Old Trafford in Manchester from Wednesday, July 23.