Harry Brook insisted Ashes fever has not spread into his England white-ball camp as the Yorkshireman prepares to start a “hell of a long winter” this weekend.

Excitement levels are already peaking in England and Australia despite the opening Test in Perth being more than a month away, with former rivals Stuart Broad and David Warner this week fanning the flames.

A limited-overs tour of New Zealand, beginning in Christchurch on Saturday with the first of three T20s , has flown under the radar but Brook insisted the Black Caps have his undivided attention.

When asked about the recent Ashes barbs flying around, Brook responded: “I haven’t seen any of it. We’ve got an extremely strong New Zealand side coming up and that’s the main focus at the minute.”

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