Joe Root, the constant in England’s ceaseless change, rises above the rowdiness

Joe Root, the constant in England’s ceaseless change, rises above the rowdiness

Yas Rana was at Edgbaston to see Joe Root make a remarkable hundred on the first day of the 2023 Ashes.

Two hours before the fun started at Edgbaston – after the rehearsals for the opening ceremony had concluded and before the warm-up began in earnest – there was a sole batter getting his eye in.

Alone on the vast Edgbaston playing area with a coach feeding him ball after ball, Joe Root was in the zone. For all the talk of a more relaxed culture that gives the option of as little practice as they wish, here was the former captain with his head down, quietly doing his business before the main event.

England under Ben Stokes have rewritten the rule book of Test cricket.

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