LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: Joe Root of England celebrates after reaching his century during Day 4 of the First LV= Insurance Test Match between England and New Zealand at Lord's Cricket Ground on June 05, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)
It is a fascinating debate, with a long list of greats that will come to most people’s minds.
In the past twenty years the likes of Sir Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen spring to mind, but realistically Root has to be the name that most cricket lovers would now call the greatest English batsman of all time.
Root has been immense for England in recent times. On Sunday he posted his 26th Test hundred in a winning cause against New Zealand.
He makes the business of compiling hundreds look so simple and has single handily rescued England on countless occasions when they have looked dead and buried.
It is easy to forget that in his early part of his captaincy career with England Root had no problems in reaching a half century but could never go on to convert into three figures, a situation that great players will do on a regular basis.
However, since the start of last year he has reached 50, no less than 13 times, turning nine of those into hundreds as well as making two double hundreds.
Aside from these remarkable stats, until recently Root has scored these runs wearing the England captains armband, with a side devoid of any confidence on a poor run of form.
He had to shoulder the burden of leading a struggling side who lacked the belief to win matches.
Even with the pressure of captaincy, Root has already etched himself into the English record books as one of, if not the all-time greatest batsman that England has ever produced.
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