Joe Root overhauls Sir Alastair Cook to become England’s record Test run scorer
He is unquestionably a fantastic batsman who has nailed the damn hard business of hitting a red leather ball around a field with a stick of willow.On top of that, Joe is a lovely man. He is kind, modest, generous with his knowledge and hugely respected by team-mates and opponents.opening batsman Ben Duckett said the other day: “Rooty is so humble, you wouldn’t know you were sitting alongside greatness in the changing-room.”There has rarely been any scandal attached to Joe Root.
Life was never dull when Beefy was around. And yet, despite all his cricket heroics, the thing of which he is most proud is raising many millions of pounds for leukaemia research with his long walks.Few people have made batting look so effortless as David Gower. He was the ultimate in style and class.
He did it, of course, for precisely the same reason that the previous three attempts had whistled to the boundary. For the fun of it and the expectation that he would collect another four. Pietersen virtually copyrighted the modern-day switch hit, memorably jumping around, becoming a left-hander and hitting two sixes off New Zealand medium-pacer Scott Styris in a white-ball match at Durham.
Pietersen’s autobiography created further problems and the likes of Matt Prior, Graeme Swann and Alastair Cook were sworn enemies. Many of the old wounds have healed, but not all.
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