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[rickjames]

What a way to bring it up

[Jimbo]

Pope and Root is just such a sexy batting partnership to watch.

[rickjames]

Really hope it doesn't fall apart now Root has gone

[beaver5]

Interesting point made by the tv commenator. If a bowler gets a hat-trick, but the hat-trick ball is bowled in the second innings, why is it still a hat-trick? He said in that case if a batsman was 70 not out in the first innings and scores 30 in the second, should this not be counted as a ton scored. Never though of it like that, but he has a point.

[Jimbo]

Good wee knock by Bess this, could be very useful runs.

[rickjames]

It's at this point where you run out of superlatives to describe Root. Just, yeah.

Really hope he goes past Mohammad Yousuf's record of test runs in a calendar year in the same amount of matches, no reason why he shouldn't...

[SD]

Smith's average in Australia is about 6 runs higher than his overall test average and he's scored circa half his runs at home.

Root, in contrast, has also scored close to half his runs in England at an average roughly 0.4 runs above his overall average.

As phenomenal as Smith is, stats do make for interesting reading.

What stands out about Root is how consistent he is.  Averages the same home and away and his record against each opponent has a very small spread.  Even his weakness in converting 50s into 100s shows how consistent he is in making starts given that he doesn't have as many big knocks to cancel out failures.

The comparison of his home and away record is remarkable though when compared to the other 4 of the top 5 ranked test batsmen in the world. Smith 67-57, Kholi 68-44, Williamson 65-45 and Labushagne 72-39.

[InternalTraining]

Has anyone done a video analysis of Joe Root's batting technique in India/Sri Lanka?

[SurreySam]

Only thing I've seen, is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lShDrPUAhzU

[InternalTraining]

^ this is great, thanks!

[SurreySam]

No problem. He also did a nice interview with Sky before this IND test started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zseGkFiXIig

[InternalTraining]

^ "Not available in your country".

Sky Sports is stingy with their content.

[SurreySam]

Ah that's a shame. There was just a few comments about his mindset, finding a rhythm, and not getting caught playing around that middle length area when playing spin. Nothing too technical.

[Kez]

^ "Not available in your country".

Sky Sports is stingy with their content.

The wonderful world of TV rights!

[ppccopener]

For those that havnt binned sky sports this may not bring any joy but...

Having test cricket on 'normal' TV has been a joyous experience.

Don't care about analysis,technical advice from ex players, the presenters,the set, nothing

Just the cricket has been enough