"There were times here in Cardiff when Joe Root looked like a primary school teacher on a trip to the seaside with too many kids to handle":
@thecricketer.com"While his colleagues seem to know only one way of playing - all-out aggression - Root understood that on this surface, a slightly two-paced one offering some sharp bounce at times" | ✍️ @georgedobell.bsky.social
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Joe Root plays the perfect innings of restraint - hopefully England's swashbucklers were taking note | The Cricketer
No century, no galavanting down the wicket, no absurd risks; this was an exercise in control from England's greatest run-scorer
