Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the veteran England batsman. joe root. Hogg chastised Root for being too aggressive in the second innings of the first Test at Birmingham.
Recently, Root has changed his red ball strategy. The former England captain has upped his game, going from playing the usual drives to throwing reverse ramps against fast bowlers.
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In the final hour of Day 1, Root were unbeaten on 118 as England declared on 393 for 8. He continued his stellar performance in the second innings with 46 runs off 55 balls.
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On the first play of Day 4 against Cummins, Root attempted a reverse ramp but couldn’t connect with the ball. The England number 4 hit a pair of fours and a six in the over after Scott Boland, including a boundary and a six off a reverse ramp.
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Former England Test captain Joe Root was dropped in unorthodox fashion while trying to take on spinner Nathan Lyon. Root, famous for his excellent hitting skills, danced around the floor to knock Lyon out of the park, but couldn’t connect with the ball.
This resulted in Root being stumped for the first time in Test Cricket. England suffered a heavy loss as Root’s ground was instrumental in the team’s triumph. Lyon, on the other hand, made a brilliant tactical move by tricking Root with his flight and convincing him to commit to the shot before taking the ball away from him.
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“Joe Root is playing a different style of cricket” – Brad Hogg
Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg has praised Joe Root’s audacious batting in Birmingham but believes the blow against Australia’s Nathan Lyon should have been avoided. Joe Root played brilliantly and scored a magnificent before being sacked off Lyon’s kick-off.
“Joe Root is playing a different style of cricket. The Bazball is out, we are seeing reverse sweeps that we have never seen before in Test cricket against fast bowling. That’s just sensational, you’ve never heard of him before.” Brad Hogg said.
“But with the Bazball in the second inning, I thought it was too aggressive. The shot he took off Nathan Lyon was hard work. It was not a cricket shot and if he is playing T20 cricket I would have been disappointed as a manager with that kind of shot.” Brad Hogg added.
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Australia won the first Test by two wickets, with lower-order batsman Pat Cummins (44*) and Nathan Lyon (16*) showing composure to bring the visitors to the line after they struck 227 for 8.
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