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Rookies Brook and Duckett buy into England's brave new era

- DEAN WILSON

HARRY BROOK and Ben Duckett are already providing a glimpse into what life might look like without Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes.

And after imposing themselves on New Zealand the future certainly looks bright for England's Test team.

The two most inexperienced Test batters in England's line-up top scored with a pair of 80s on the first day of the series against the Black Caps.

And they did so by employing the Stokes method of attack, allowing their skipper to declare on 325-9 in just 58.2 overs.

Duckett's 84 from 68 balls was described by Sir Alastair Cook as the best he had seen from the 28-year-old fellow left-hander while 23-yearold Brook's 89 from 81 balls was a clinical continuation of his incredible form from Pakistan, where he announced himself with a trio of hundreds.