Sir Alastair Cook claims Joe Root is the best player he’s seen in an England shirt and believes the Yorkshireman will go “miles past” his record for most Test runs by an English batter.
Root’s latest reminder of just how talismanic he is to this current England team came over the weekend as he almost singlehandedly lifted them past New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s to give his successor Ben Stokes a winning start as captain.
