Cricket-Stokes doubtful for England's World Cup opener, Brook may debut

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Fourth One Day International - England v New Zealand - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - September 15, 2023 England's Harry Brook in action Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs/File Photo

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - The universe seems conspiring to fulfill Harry Brook's World Cup dreams and the 24-year-old is likely to make his tournament debut replacing Ben Stokes, who is nursing a minor hip injury, in Thursday's opener against New Zealand in Ahmedabad.

England sacrificed opener Jason Roy to accommodate Brook, who has been marked out as a future superstar of the game because of his explosive batting.