Yorkshire cricketer Harry Brook awarded Freedom of Bradford

The 24-year-old Yorkshire player was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup.

Yorkshire cricketer Harry Brook is to be awarded the freedom of the city of Bradford, joining the ranks of writer JB Priestley and artist David Hockney.

Leader Susan Hinchcliffe, who nominated him for the award, said: "Harry has made an incredible impact on the senior international game in just a short space of time and promises to earn a place among Yorkshire and England's greatest cricketers. A presentation ceremony with the lord mayor Councillor Gerry Barker will take place later in the year.The first name to be added was Sir Henry Mitchell, a former lord mayor, philanthropist and mill owner, in 1898.

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