I know I love Joe Root an all but his last six Test innings are just F***ing immense;
56, 77, 149*, 83, 59, 118*
Six consecutive Test match 50s, including two hundreds. That ever been done before, globally or just for England? 8 runs short at the moment of 2,000 Test match runs with an average well over 50. Doing that in less than 25 matches is nothing short of remarkable either, especially when you think that not so long ago they were pissing about with his position in the side. Trying him all through the middle order when he first broke in, then throwing him at the top of the order for the Ashes then down to number 3 and then settling on 5.
I said it on here a few years ago about Cook and he's not far off proving me right, so I'll say it here about Root as well - Joe Root will eventually become England's leading run scorer in Test match cricket.
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