India, Nov. 8 -- England's limited-overs captain Harry Brook is determined to lead his team to success in next year's World Cup and believes focusing on fitness can be a big help. The English team, which suffered an ignominious 4-1 defeat in the Ashes earlier this year, is presently in Australia for a white-ball tour which starts on November 13 at Perth with a three-ODI series, followed by five T20I games.

"We want to be one of the fittest and strongest sides in the world, and to do that we can be slightly better and get in the gym a little bit more, do more running and just work generally a lot better on our fitness," Brook, who against Sri Lanka last month scored the fastest ODI double century off 114 balls, told reporters.

"Our sched...