While Harry Brook may not have been at his best in the T20 World Cup so far, there is little doubt that the 23-year-old has what it takes to be a star man for England across all three formats.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes Brook is "going to be a superstar", while Kevin Pietersen has branded him "the future" of English cricket. However, Moeen Ali has warned that the sheer amount of cricket England play could be a "problem" as Brook looks to establish himself as a regular across all formats.
England currently have very few players who feature regularly in all three formats and Test captain Ben Stokes notably decided to retire from ODI cricket earlier this summer, stating that "three formats are just unsustainable for me now".
And Moeen believes it will be difficult for Brook, who made both his T20I and Test debuts this year, to find the right balance. "The only problem is, someone like Harry Brook, for example, is in the white-ball side and going to be in the Test side potentially," Moeen told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"He's going to miss out on one of the formats, and at his age he would be wanting to play Test cricket a lot more than white-ball cricket. So I'm sure if he does well in Test cricket he will be playing that more than white-ball stuff, which makes sense."
However, Moeen does feel players are now well-placed to find that balance with Brendon McCullum and Matthew Mott splitting the head coach job between red and white ball cricket as they are 'not afraid of losing their jobs'.
He added: "If one coach wants this player and another coach wants this player, for example someone like Ben Stokes or somebody coming through, it can get a bit confused or a bit nasty. Because, at the end of the day, people want to keep their jobs.
"But when you have two coaches that are not afraid of that, losing their jobs - Matthew Mott I feel is a top person, he's not thinking about his job, he just wants to get the best out of us. And I think the pool is quite big in England now with white-ball players.
"Then you've got Baz McCullum, who also doesn't fear losing his job. And I think that's such a big quality to have as a coach. It becomes more personal, personable and player-specific. We have two very good coaches, and Rob Key as director of cricket who appointed these guys. So that really helps."
