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Harry Brook said helium is fortunate to beryllium England's white-ball skipper adjacent aft an altercation with a nightclub bouncer successful New Zealand precocious last year.
A Daily Telegraph study said Brook was struck by a nightclub bouncer aft being denied introduction to the venue connected October 31.
The 26-year-old subsequently apologised for his behaviour which helium felt "brought embarrassment" to him and his team.
Talking to reporters connected the eve of their one-day bid against Sri Lanka, Brook said helium did not see stepping down but the thought of getting sacked “was decidedly playing done my mind."
"I near that determination to the hierarchy and look, if they’d person sacked maine from being captain, past I’d have been perfectly good with it arsenic agelong arsenic I was inactive playing cricket for England,” the batter said.
Asked if helium felt fortunate to beryllium inactive starring the side, Brook said, "Probably slightly, yeah. But similar I say, even if I had been sacked, I’d person held my hands up and said, ‘Look, I’ve made the mistake’ and I’d person been perfectly good with getting sacked from the occupation arsenic captain, as agelong arsenic I was inactive playing cricket."
Apologised to teammates
Brook said helium apologised to his teammates aft landing successful Sri Lanka.
“I deliberation I’ve got a small spot of enactment to bash to effort and regain the spot of the players," helium said.
"I felt similar I needed to accidental atrocious for my actions. It’s not acceptable as a player, but arsenic a skipper it’s truly not acceptable to bash what I did successful New Zealand. I’ll beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic to say that. I clasp my hands up.”
England volition play 3 ODIs and 3 Twenty20 matches successful Sri Lanka arsenic portion of their buildup for adjacent month's T20 World Cup co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
