"Now he's just making it count and going on and making huge scores," said Smith on Joe Root. The Englishman has played 158 Test matches for England, in which he has scored 13,543 runs. He also has 39 centuries and 66 half-centuries. While enjoying his rich vein of form, the right-hander is also inching closer to breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Steve Smith (Pic: X/@stevesmith49)
Australia's star batsman Steve Smith labelled England's stalwart Joe Root an "incredible" player.
While speaking about Root's form, Smith in an interview to Sky Sports said, "I think not just in the Indian series, but over the last two years, he's been incredible. His ability to make big scores and go from 50 to 100, that is perhaps one thing that he got caught in that 50 to 100 spot for quite a while, and now he's just making it count and going on and making huge scores."
In the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Root scored a total of 537 runs in 10 innings against Team India. However, the five-match Test series between the two teams ended in a 2-2 draw.
So far, Joe Root has played 158 Test matches for England and has scored 13,543 runs. He also has 39 centuries and 66 half-centuries. While enjoying his rich vein of form, the right-hander is also inching closer to breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record for the highest runs scored in the traditional format of the game.
After the India tour, Root will now gear up to feature in The Ashes, against arch-rivals Australia. He is yet to score a century in Australian conditions. Despite not getting a century on the Australian soil, the right-hander has managed to score 892 runs in 14 Tests and 27 innings at an average of over 35, with nine half-centuries and a best score of 89.
He is the 17th-highest run-getter in all-time Ashes charts with 2,428 runs in 34 Tests and 65 innings at an average of 40.46, with four centuries and 18 fifties. His best score is 180. In the last Ashes series played at home back in 2023, Root scored 412 runs at an average of 51.50, with a century and two half-centuries to his name in nine innings.
The Test series between the 'Baggy Greens' and the 'Three Lions' also marks the game's oldest rivalry.
The upcoming Ashes series will kick start on November 21. From a pride standpoint as well, England would be gunning to win their first Ashes in Australia since 2011 and their first one since 2015.
(With ANI Inputs)
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