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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1082213" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>His captaincy is poor but he's suffered from the English 'Make your best player captain even if they have no credentials' syndrome.</p><p></p><p>Also been playing in a period where franchise cricket has taken over with the negative impact that can have on both individual performance and test cricket generally. </p><p></p><p>Captaincy often sends form down the drain so for him to still be averaging smack on 50 in tests is v creditable. Especially when the batting line up around him fails so often. </p><p></p><p>24 test tons include all the major test playing nations. 10 have been away from home and only 1 in a losing cause. </p><p></p><p>No batsman in history has even records against all opposition and different types of bowling. Some have much better first innings records etc and the context of the game always needs to be taken into account.</p><p></p><p>You can prove anything you like with stats but in the round Root's record bears comparison with pretty much any other English batsman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1082213, member: 73144"] His captaincy is poor but he’s suffered from the English ‘Make your best player captain even if they have no credentials’ syndrome. Also been playing in a period where franchise cricket has taken over with the negative impact that can have on both individual performance and test cricket generally. Captaincy often sends form down the drain so for him to still be averaging smack on 50 in tests is v creditable. Especially when the batting line up around him fails so often. 24 test tons include all the major test playing nations. 10 have been away from home and only 1 in a losing cause. No batsman in history has even records against all opposition and different types of bowling. Some have much better first innings records etc and the context of the game always needs to be taken into account. You can prove anything you like with stats but in the round Root’s record bears comparison with pretty much any other English batsman. [/QUOTE]
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