News about Jack Brooks

INSIDE COUNTY CRICKET: Is this the end for the REAL Headband Warrior?Somerset seamer Jack Brooks could follow Stuart Broad into retirement

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 28, 2023
RICHARD GIBSON: The original Headband Warrior of County cricket is considering retirement after Stuart Broad's departure. Jack Brooks, 39, a Somerset seamer, has been on the domestic scene for more than 15 years, first for his signature headwear and tumultuous wicket celebrations before progressing to one of England's most prolific bowlers. Twice a County Championship winner with Yorkshire has been involved in six counties and has called it a day or two if a few smoldering irons in the fire are revealed in the next few weeks.

England's latest speed bowling find appears to have a lot of energy getting off. Lauren Filer is off to a flying start

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 17, 2023
Lauren Filer, England's latest speed bowling find, believes that the days of breaking the 80mph barrier in women's cricket are not far away. Shabnim Ismail of South Africa became the first woman to record a delivery of exactly that speed earlier this year, but no one has yet gone beyond it. According to England coach Jon Lewis, England cricket has no one faster than the uncapped Filer, and the 22-year-old from Western Storm has a point of difference for the Ashes, which begin with a Test match at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

Azeem Rafiq, Andrew Gale, Jack Brooks, Eve Jones, and Danni Wyatt were reprimanded by the ECB

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 10, 2022
Five current and former players have been punished for postings of a racial nature, including Azeem Rafiq and former Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale. England batter Danni Wyatt, Eve Jones of Birmingham Phoenix and Somerset's Jack Brooks have all been reprimanded, as well as Rafiq and Gayle. Both players have confessed to their criminal charges.

Samantha Morton will lead the Burning Girls, a film starring Ruby Stokes of Bridgerton

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2022
Samantha Morton and Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes appear in the forthcoming Paramount+ series The Burning Girls. According to Deadline, double Oscar nominee Morton, 45, will take the lead role in the program, which is based on CJ Tudor's 2021 novel. Morton played Jack Brooks, a single parent whose memory is haunted by a tragedy from her past, as well as her husband's death.