It's certainly a tight call and KP was phenomenal to watch but I do wonder how many Root might have got with Cook, Strauss, Trott as the top 3 and Strauss as captain for the duration of his career.
That would be a difficult comparison to make, generally I think it's harder to bat 1,2,3 at any level so those runs count for a bit more for me. I opened for 30 years for my club so perhaps I'm biased, most of my team mates wanted to come in after 20 overs had passed.
KP might of benefited from having a few tired bowlers and a softer ball when he batted as Trott did a fantastic job for ages protecting the middle order.
Then there are a lot of views Bells 20 tons are not so good because he followed KP....I don't really buy that, 20 Internatiknal hundreds count for a lot.
Root is def our best and up there with the best we have had. Cook,KP and Strauss played genuine pace very well, Root does not do that and it's his weakness.
Joe definatley plays spin better than Cook and Strauss and Trott.
I guess no batsman is perfect, there's a weakness somewhere.
I think Root would need to score runs against Australia - rightly or wrongly that's a yardstick often used.
He hasn't had the protection from the top order much, so in comparison to some others-perhaps he is better to overcome that.
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