One of three local Yorkshire lads at Headingley, Brook was the star as he helped guide England's chase of 251 with three wickets to spare on Sunday.
Before the start of the series, Australia's former captain Steve Waugh was among those to question if England would have a fallback plan when under pressure from Australia.
Brook was one of the men in question, having been England's fastest scoring player in the 12 months under coach Brendon McCullum.
At no point was that clearer than on Sunday, when he became the fastest man to 1000 Test runs in terms of balls faced, bringing up the milestone off 1058 balls.
But on the same landmark day, Brook showed he is more than just an out-and-out aggressor.
He scored one run off his first nine balls, and while there were nine boundaries in the 93-ball 75, he played relatively risk-free and rotated the strike with the game on the line.
Moved back down the order to No.5 after batting first drop in the first innings, England needed 158 to win when Brook arrived at the wicket.
He then steered England to within 21 runs of victory before he was dismissed, putting on a crucial 59-run stand with Chris Woakes for the seventh wicket after Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow fell.
"I felt like they were trying to get me off strike, but I managed to put a couple of bad balls away," Brook said.
"Coming out here in front of my home crowd. The crowd is buzzing. It was a phenomenal win and sets us up an exciting series."
Stokes also commended Brook's maturity at age 24 and in just his 10th Test, after himself being the miracle man for England at Headingley against Australia four years ago.Â
"The way Brooky controlled the game from ball one with the bat was amazing. He went out there and put the pressure straight back on to them," Stokes said.
England's win was also a success for their returning pair, with Mark Wood and Woakes both playing a crucial role with both bat and ball as they reduced their series deficit to 2-1.
The duo should now surely hold on to their spot for the fourth Test on July 19 at Old Trafford, while England must wait to see whether Ollie Robinson (back spasms) and Stokes (knee) will be able to bowl.
Questions will also be asked about whether Jonny Bairstow should hold his spot as wicketkeeper, after grassing another three chances at Headingley during a horror series with the gloves.
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