Nottingham, May 23 -- Former England cricketer Michael Atherton is mesmerised by "amazing player" Harry Brook's enchanting outing with the bat on the second day of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.

After England's top-order troika, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope notched a century each. Brook came in and added the firepower with his swashbuckling 58 from 50 deliveries, laced with six fours and three towering maximums.

His effort served as the extra fuel which powered the hosts to 565/6, a total that skipper Stokes felt was enough to declare on. With The Ashes in mind, Atherton believes in one of the oldest rivalries, Brook would need to temper his approach against Australia, but he quickly added a line praising ...