Harry Brook played a sensational knock of 123 off 115 balls in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on December 6. Brook's aggressive counter-attack helped England recover from a precarious 43/4 to post a competitive total of 280 on Day 2. He later described this innings as his "favourite hundred," praising the challenge and circumstances in which he scored it.

Brook's 123 included 11 fours and five sixes, with his quick-fire approach lifting England from a difficult situation. He and Ollie Pope (66) stitched together a crucial 174-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Brook's innings was pivotal, especially as the conditions at the Basin Reserve were challenging, with the ball seaming and swinging.

Reflecting on his innings, Brook said,"I think that might be my favourite hundred so far. I enjoyed that a lot. It was just the circumstances really, it was 26 for 3 when I came in and the pitch was doing quite a bit. It was seaming and swinging and I'm just glad I put my attacking mode on and really took it to them and put them under pressure,” 

Brook, who has also scored a triple century in Pakistan, further added, "Obviously that pitch (Multan) was extremely flat. You could just lean on it and the outfield was so rapid it would go for four. Here in the situation of the game, the pitch, and the way I played...I felt like I was really putting them under a lot of pressure. It's a pretty special feeling. Most of the balls came out of the middle of the bat. It feels good to be batting like that."

"I've only played in two countries - if I go to another it might change. The pitches in Pakistan are usually very nice to bat on. Here you get nice-paced pitches, quick and bouncy and I feel I can play a different array of shots."

Brook now boasts an impressive record of seven overseas hundreds in just 10 Tests, with centuries in Pakistan and New Zealand, and a staggering away average of 91.5.