Former captain and team-mate braced to been overtaken as England's leading run-scorer
Joe Root lost his record for the most England Test ages to his former team-mate, but Alastair Cook described him as" a genius." Root made 103 in the next pitches against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Saturday, his second hundred of the match and his 34th overall in Test cricket, taking him clear of Cook's past criterion of 33.
" He is rather just England's greatest, and it's absolutely right that he should have this document, on his own", Cook, who was England's captain in each of Root's first 53 Checks, said on criticism for the BBC's Test Match Special. " Get it in, Joe. We are watching a talent.
" I do n't think there's a batsman that I can remember watching play]who shares ] the sense of inevitability about scoring runs that Joe Root gives off. I informed him that he would receive 100 when he was on about 6 now. I know he's in excellent shape, but it's just a delight to see a grasp, a craftsman at work."
Twin lots at Lord's took Root's job index to 12, 377 works, and he needs 96 more operates at The Oval next week to beat both Kumar Sangakkara and Cook. That would make him the fifth-highest run-scorer in Examine story, and England's highest". He's really got the final one to bite off next year," Cook said". In this kind of shape, there's no reason why he the n't."
In his second hundred of the match, Root milked Sri Lanka's left-arm spin Prabath Jayasuriya, who had to score 60 runs off of the 59 pellets he faced. The spin was bowling now, and very seriously, he could have hit him wherever he wanted with absolutely no risk," Cook said". That is the skill of batting: low-risk pictures which score you works."
Cook was in the opposition when a adolescent Root made his Record A debut as an 18-year-old in 2009, making 63 off 95 balloons for Yorkshire against Essex". He could n't get the ball off the square," Cook recalled". All said,' he's a fine player', but I did n't view that."
However, Root made his international debut in the last game of their 2-1 set victory in India three years later, making Cook the Test captain of England. I saw one psychologically ready to play Test cricket," Cook said". The only thing to remember was when he first went batted and explained how he would tackle it.
He looked 13 and had a huge smile on his face as he walked out of the pitcher with his England helmet on. I watched his second some balls, and I was like,' This man is here to stay.' I actually said,' He's scoring 10, 000 operates.' I do n't know who I said it to, but I know that I said it".
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