The Ashes are back, and as day two of the first test kicks off at 11.30pm tonight, cricket star Joe Root will be hoping for success in his debut Ashes series as captain. But where did it all begin for the sporting star"
Suffice to say, cricketer Joe Root has proven his worth in his new role as England Captain having had a remarkable ten months in charge of the English cricket team.
Among his recent successes include his performance against South Africa at Lord’s, in which he became the highest scoring England player to score a Test century in their first match as captain. Not to mention his appearance at the fifth One Day International of the series in September 2017, in which he became the third-fastest batman to score 4,000 runs in terms of number of innings. Now the no.2 ranked batsman in Test cricket, more great things are expected from the sporting star as England play Australia in the first test of the Ashes over the next few days.
The start of something great
But where did it all begin for Joe Root" Has he always been talented at cricket"
“He just stood out ? right from the off,” says Ian Parkin, cricket master at Worksop College, Nottinghamshire, where Joe was at school from 2006.
Above, Joe (bottom right) joined Worksop College in 2006 on a cricket scholarship
“We first came across Joe in the mid-2000s when he scored 80 for King Ecgbert’s School against us at under-15 level.” After discussing his future with Matt...