Harry Brook says leadership lessons extend beyond the field

England white-ball captain Harry Brook says his experience over the past year has changed his understanding of leadership, with responsibility away from cricket as important as decisions on the field. In comments reported by The Guardian, Brook acknowledged the lessons of his Wellington nightclub altercation and said he wanted England supporters and teammates to be able to depend on him.

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Brook has previously accepted that he could have lost the captaincy after a nightclub bouncer punched him hours before an ODI against New Zealand on Halloween last year. He said he had developed both personally and as a captain since the incident, stressing that his conduct needed to demonstrate that progress rather than relying on assurances about what he had learned.

The Guardian reported that England have won their past three ODI series after losing seven of the preceding eight, while their T20 side leads the world rankings. Brook's ODI batting average as captain stands at 51.3, compared with 25.2 when not leading the team. He said the additional pressure of captaincy appealed to him, while acknowledging that he had not always delivered when matches were there to be won.

His Test performances remain under scrutiny too. BBC Sport reported that Brook averages 53.08 with 10 centuries, but has not converted any of his seven half-centuries since the Ashes into hundreds. Over that period, he has nevertheless averaged 41.57 in Tests and has made centuries as captain in both one-day internationals and T20s.

Brook also addressed former Test captain Ben Stokes' assessment that his ability should allow him to average 65 or 70. Rather than making conventional batting statistics his main measure, Brook said he keeps written records of performances in which he believes he has influenced a victory, then reviews those contributions at the end of the year.

BBC Sport reported that Brook remains Test vice-captain, although Joe Root was chosen to lead the red-ball team after Stokes retired. Brook said he wanted to become the player who finishes matches for England, while acknowledging that he cannot expect to score runs every time. His comments expressed hope that he was becoming more dependable, rather than claiming that every aspect of his game was resolved.