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Harry Brook says England must improve fitness before 2027 World Cup
England captain Harry Brook wants his team to improve its fitness as it prepares for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.
England is in Australia for a white-ball tour that starts on November 13 with three one-day internationals, followed by five T20 matches.
Brook says the World Cup schedule will bring heavy travel and games close together, making fitness and recovery important.
England’s recent results have been difficult: it lost the Ashes 4-1 and failed to win a match in an ODI tri-series in Pakistan last month.
Brook says players can control their preparation, even when they cannot guarantee wins, and his team has used recent days as a training camp.
The tour is a different format and involves a different group of Australian players from the Ashes, and England will begin its campaign in Perth.
England limited-overs captain Harry Brook says the team must improve its fitness ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup.
He said England could do more gym work, running and general fitness training.
Brook said the tournament schedule would involve substantial travel and back-to-back games.
England is in Australia for a white-ball tour that begins with an ODI series in Perth on November 13.
Brook said off-field preparation and fitness could be improved even though match results cannot be guaranteed.
- Who
- England limited-overs captain Harry Brook and the England team.
- What
- Brook says England must improve its fitness ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup.
- When
- Brook made the comments ahead of the World Cup, during England’s Australia tour preparations. The tour begins on November 13.
- Where
- England is in Australia for a white-ball tour; its three-match ODI series starts in Perth.
- Why
- Brook said the World Cup schedule would involve substantial travel and back-to-back games, making fitness and preparation important.
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England suffered a 4-1 defeat in the Ashes.
Brook scored the fastest ODI double century, reaching the milestone off 114 balls against Sri Lanka.
England’s Australia tour is scheduled to begin with a three-match ODI series in Perth.
England is due to compete in the ODI World Cup.
- Captain
- Harry Brook
- World Cup
- 2027 ODI World Cup
- Ashes result
- England lost 4-1
- ODI double century
- Brook scored it off 114 balls against Sri Lanka
- Australia tour start
- November 13, in Perth
What people are saying
We want to be one of the fittest and strongest sides in the world, and to do that we can be slightly better and get in the gym a little bit more, do more running and just work generally a lot better on our fitness
Whether you win or lose, you can never guarantee that. You can guarantee that the off-field preparation can be a lot better
(A focus on fitness) should always be there as a professional athlete, I believe; it's a non-negotiable.