Darren Lehmann praised Harry Brook and Rohit Sharma and named Brook among the top five players he faced.

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New Delhi: Former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann on Sunday heaped praise on rising England star Harry Brook and India captain Rohit Sharma, including them in the top five players he has coached or bowled to in their entire careers.

Brooke continued his good run in Test cricket with a century against the West Indies in the second Test at Nottingham on Sunday. In the second innings, Brook scored his fifth Test century in front of his home crowd in the UK. He scored 109 runs off 132 balls with 13 fours. His innings came at a strike rate of 82.58.

Brooke has been a consistent performer for England in Tests, scoring 1,376 runs in 14 Tests at an average of 62.54 and a strike rate of 90.70. He has scored five centuries and eight fifties in 23 innings, including a best score of 186. His average of 62.54 is the second highest in Test history among players who have played at least 20 innings. This is lower than the batting average of the great Australian batsman Donald Bradman, who scored 6,996 runs in 52 Tests at an average of 99.94 with 29 centuries and 13 fifties.

On the other hand, Indian skipper Rohit is in the limelight after winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with the Men in Blue, ending the team's 11-year ICC trophy drought.

Moving on to X, Lehmann also mentioned Australian legend Steve Smith, South African batsman AB de Villiers and Sri Lankan great wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara as other players in his top five.

“Top 5 I have coached and bowled with in no particular order either: Smith @stevesmith49 Rohit Sharma @ImRo45 Harry Brook @YorkshireCCC AB Devillers @ABdeVilliers17 Sanga @KumarSanga2,” Lehmann tweeted.

In the second Test, West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first.

England batted well thanks to Olly Pope's sixth Test century (121 off 167 balls with 15 fours and a six) and fine half-centuries from Ben Duckett (71 off 59 balls with 14 fours) and captain Ben Stokes (71 with 14 fours). 69 off 104 balls with eight fours). England scored 416/10 in 88.3 overs.

Alzari Joseph (3/98) was the pick of the bowlers from WI. Jayden Seals, Kevham Hodge, Kevin Sinclair got two wickets while Shamar Joseph got one wicket.

In their first innings, WI were struggling at 84/3, looking at another potentially huge loss.

However, Alik Athanazhe (82 off 99 balls with 10 fours and a six) and Kavem Hodge (120 runs off 171 balls with 19 fours) put on an incredible 175-run counter-attacking partnership. Later, wicketkeeper-batsman Joshua Da Silva (82* off 122 balls, with 10 fours and three sixes) put on an impressive 71-run partnership with Shamar Joseph (33 off 27 balls, with five fours and two sixes) for the tenth wicket. sixes), which helped WI surpass England's first innings total and take a 41-run lead. WI were bowled out for 457 in 111.5 overs.

Chris Woakes (4/84) took the most wickets for England. Young pacer Gus Atkinson and spinner Shoaib Bashir also picked up two wickets each, while captain Ben Stokes and Mark Wood got one wicket apiece.

In their second innings, England responded strongly to the West Indies' fightback. Ben Duckett (76 off 92 balls with 11 fours) and Ollie Pope (51 off 67 balls with six fours) scored half-centuries, while Root (122) and Harry Brooke (109 off 132 balls with 13 fours) scored big centuries. England reached 425/10 in 92.2 overs and set a target of 385 for victory against West Indies.

Seals (4/97) was the leading wicket-taker for the West Indies in the second innings, with Alzari also claiming two wickets. Shamar, Sinclair and Holder got one wicket each.