The Four Questions I Would Ask.......Joe Root

How did you get started in cricket?

 

I would ask Joe this because he started at a little club called Sheffield collegiate cricket club, they play at a decent standard, similar to the level I play for Stenhousemuir.

He is so humble and he is the type of guy that would be your best friend in school. He acts like he is in first year at school and he is like a baby in the England team.

 

A young Joe Root plays cricket in his Sheffield Collegiate shirt

 

 You have played 46 test matches and scored 4005 at a average of 54.86. Do you feel that you can break Alistair cooks record by the age of 30? Then do you think you can record Sachin Tendulkars recored of 15372 runs?

I would ask Joe root this because he is breaking every record there is and he is still only 26 years old. Famous Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was 40 when he retired meaning Joe has 14 years to score 11367 runs if he stays fit. The way he is going now he will smash the record. He is in a 4 horse race with Virat Kholi, Steven Smith and Kane Williamson. Joe just laughs when the journalists ask him about the other players.

Joe Root just loves to bat, he enjoys himself when he is batting. He doesn’t put a lot of pressure on himself and always bats well because he is so relaxed.

 

Hats off, Joe Root hits a 100 runs yet again

 

 

Who was your childhood hero and why?

 I would ask Joe Root this because he grew up in an unsuccessful period in English cricket. The English team were ranked bottom of the ICC world rankings. They lost to Australia heavily in almost every Ashes series and they drew with Zimbabwe in 1996. I would imagine it would be a non-English player. He was in his teens when England were growing as a test match team. The thing is that England had a very good team on paper, but they had no success.

 

Joe Root with Michael Vaughn, but who was his childhood cricketing hero?

 

 

 

What steps did you take to make it as an International batsman?

 

This is my final question because I want to be a professional cricketer for Scotland, I would also like to play for Yorkshire too. I also like the style he plays with and I model my game on Joe’s. I would want to know about his training, the sacrifices he has made to get to the very top of the world of cricket and what it takes to be an International.

 

 

 

 

by Calum Grant