England's Harry Brook surpasses Alastair Cook to claim THIS record in 3rd ODI vs Australia

England's Harry Brook created history during the third ODI against Australia on Tuesday (Sep 24), becoming the youngest England skipper to score an ODI hundred. Brook is England's stand-in skipper for the series in place of injured Jos Buttler. Before him, Sir Alastair Cook had the record of being England's youngest skipper with ODI century which he had scored aged 26 in 2011.

Apart from that, England also snapped Australia's 14-ODI win streak going back to ODI World Cup 2023 which they had won by beating hosts India in the final.

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Thanks to Brook's hundred, England managed to keep the five-match series alive with a 46 run win by Duckworth Lewis System.

Brook, who scored unbeaten 110 off 94 balls, came in to bat with England struggling at 11-2 in a chase of 305 after Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc had removed both openers.

"It’s just nice to see some rewards,” Brook said post-match. "I’m glad I managed to play the way I wanted to. It’s nice to get that first hundred on the board, and hopefully there’s plenty more to come."

He received excellent support from Will Jacks (84) in a match-changing stand of 156. By the time rain curtailed England's pursuit of a target of 305, they had long since done enough to win.

Brook came under fire for his post-match comments following England's defeat in the series opener in Nottingham when he tried to explain some loose dismissals by saying: "If you get caught somewhere on the boundary or in the field then who cares?"

Australia coach Andrew McDonald was left to rue the absence of key spinner Adam Zampa, a late withdrawal through illness, as England ended his side's run of 14 consecutive ODI wins.

The fourth ODI of the series will be played on Friday (Sep 27) with Australia leading the series 2-1.