Joe Root has been in truly stunning form in Test match cricket since the start of 2021, scoring 2,635 runs and 11 centuries at an average of 61.27.
Alex Lees knows Root better than most, having batted alongside him as a youngster in Yorkshire's academy all the way through to England's Test team. After relinquishing the captaincy following series defeats to Australia and the West Indies, Root appears to be batting with more freedom.
In four Tests this summer, he has struck three centuries and is averaging a whopping 113.80 and Lees says Root is somehow "getting more and more consistent", describing the way he has been batting as "effortless and savage".
