I’M so chuffed for Harry Brook following his maiden first-team century against Essex at Chelmsford.

Given the context of the game and how bowlers dominated, I think you could go as far as saying it was a match-winning innings.

It was a great win for us. Hopefully we can bounce on that and get another one against Surrey at the Oval, which would set us up perfectly for the Royal London One-Day Cup from next week.

When you get a win from nowhere like that, it often gives you more momentum than just a normal win. Fingers crossed, that’s the case.

We had spoken as a team about counter-punching in those situations, which Jonny Bairstow started in the second innings and Harry carried on.

It’s interesting because, with the way one-day and T20 cricket is evolving and having an impact on first-class and Test cricket, I can see teams being more creative in periods of matches or more flexible with their batting order.

Character and attitude wise, I’ve never come across anyone like Harry. He’s so positive and confident in everything he does, and he works very hard too.

But he gets the balance right between being confident and not arrogant, which is a tough skill.

I don’t think he will ever get arrogant because there’s enough people around him to knock him back down to earth if he did.

He’s dominant against all bowlers, especially spin.

I loved an interview he did on the Yorkshire website about his confidence when playing spin. That’s what he’s all about.

His attitude, it’s weird for such a young lad - a 19-year-old - playing against some top international bowlers. And it’s just not bravado. He backs it up.

I didn't see his innings, but I can fully imagine what it was like. Good on him.

I don’t think he thinks too in-depth about things, he’s much more carefree. In fact, it’s the opposite to me. I’m quite a deep thinker.

Everyone’s different. There are positives and negatives about how we both go about things.

His attitude goes well with his batting.

I’ve already said openly what I think he can achieve. He can play for England fairly soon.

He knows that’s what he wants, he won’t stop until he gets it, and he will want it fast. But he’s level-headed enough to know he won’t get there unless he keeps working hard.

There are similarities to what Ben Coad did last year. From here, he can just blossom.

He had spoken to me about his previous Championship scores and said ‘I’m averaging 15’. But I said ‘Don’t worry, it will come’. To me, he was looking good at the crease without going on. I knew it was just around the corner.

He did exactly the same in the second team last year.

He’d look great for 30 and get himself out.

There’s a time which all batsmen go through. They score runs but can’t score big runs. Then, all of a sudden, he got three hundreds in two weeks and found himself playing in the firsts.

It was great to be around the Sheriff Hutton Bridge lads again on Saturday, with us getting our second win of the season against Clifton Alliance.

Even though I didn’t get a score, I feel I can still add value to them in other ways, such as being a presence on the field.

It’s been really good to see the squad we have and the confidence. We were hoping to challenge for the league at the start of the year, and that has only been strengthened by our winning start.

We had a bowling training on Wednesday and yesterday, and I was hoping to be off on my full run yesterday too.

Then there’s about a week of bowling in the nets, getting overs in my legs, before I play a game. Hopefully, by the end of next week, I’ll be playing somewhere as a bowler.

But it’s not definite by any means as there will be good days and bad. In ramping it up, I might be knocked back or other days I might fly.

Since my last column, it has been announced that Virat Kohli has signed for Surrey and will be playing against Yorkshire at Scarborough next month. That is very exciting for all concerned.

To me, you want to play against the best players. I’m not in the team at the minute, but there’s a slim chance I will be playing against him, which will only make me better. I’d love to get him out. I think all the lads would.

There will be a bumper crowd in at Scarborough. I believe they are flocking for the tickets already.

Hopefully he’ll enjoy his fish and chips but not the cricket!