Joe Root has brushed apart David Warner’s jibe that he might want to “take the surfboard off his entrance leg” if England is to triumph in Australia within the upcoming Ashes sequence.
Root is Check cricket’s second-highest run-scorer of all time and extensively thought of central to England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes. However the 34-year-old has but to attain a Check century in Australia, with former Australia opener Warner suggesting the ex-England captain is particularly susceptible to being out lbw.
“Josh Hazlewood tends to have his quantity rather a lot. He (Root) should take the surfboard off his entrance leg,” mentioned Warner, who retired from worldwide cricket final 12 months however is about to face Root in The Hundred at Lord’s on Thursday.
Root, requested on a media name if he had laughed off the jibe, replied: “Simply that. I can’t have any management on how folks see the sport or discuss in interview.
“Nothing new, is it? You understand there are going to be storylines and other people desirous to hype up an enormous sequence. Doesn’t actually change something.
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“It’s kind of irrelevant to me. What can I do about it? Simply make sure that it’s not a speaking level in six months or 100 days’ time,” added Root in an occasion staged by official Hundred staff companion KP Snacks.
“While you get on the market, you’ve bought to attempt to affect the sport and assist your staff get off to begin. Enterprise as common so far as I’m involved.
“I suppose it’s all a part of the enjoyable. We’ll see what occurs on the market (with Warner at Lord’s). It’s probably not in my nature to get too verbal.”
Solely India’s Sachin Tendulkar has now scored extra Check runs than Root, who now has 13,543 to his credit score and is simply 2,378 from prime spot.
The Ashes begin in November, with Root — for whom it is going to be a fourth Check sequence in Australia — decided to enhance his report there.
“The factor that stands out for me is I wished it means an excessive amount of the final couple of instances,” mentioned Root. “It took me away from what was necessary.
“Clearly, the previous few excursions there have been a great deal of different issues to cope with… numerous distractions.
“This time, I simply need to go and benefit from the tour for what it’s. It’s a good looking nation, an amazing place to go and play cricket. It’s going to be hostile, the whole lot you’d anticipate and wish from an away Ashes sequence.
“That’s one thing you’ve bought to relish. Going there with 150-odd Check matches beneath my belt, I really feel I couldn’t be extra prepared for it.”