Joe Root Looks To Build On Rediscovered Form In Milestone Test Against India

Joe Root will become the 15th England cricketer to play 100 Test matches when he takes the field at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on February 5. Among the batsmen considered the cream in contemporary cri

Thorpe said that he remembers Root as someone who had tremendous worth ethic right from the start and has an urge to improve continuously. Thorpe has seen him from his younger days with the England Lions.

"What I saw with Joe - and I was fortunate enough to see some of his earlier games with Yorkshire - was character and temperament. He did play in the Lions early on. He had a great work ethic when I was around him. That's what I saw when he was younger player. He has continued that throughout the years. Recently too, he is trying to get better," said Thorpe.

The series against Sri Lanka earlier this month has given provided a glimmer of hope to him to work back among the elite batsmen.

Before the Sri Lanka tour, he had just one century in 17 Test matches since the start of the English summer in 2019.

Over the last three years, he has averaged just over 42 which is lower than his career average of 49.39. And if the recent series against Sri Lanka is removed, then the average in the period (since January 30, 2018) slips further to 37.89.

Root has found a new lifeline in the tour of Sri Lanka and he will hope to continue the rich vein of form on the current tour.

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