{"id":194453,"date":"2026-07-18T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194453"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:35:45","slug":"brook-urges-england-teammates-to-follow-roots-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194453","title":{"rendered":"Brook urges England teammates to follow Root\u2019s footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71238436\">England white-ball captain Harry Brook has urged his side to learn from Joe Root as it seeks to complete a series win against India.<\/p>\n<p>Root followed his unbeaten 76 in England\u2019s defeat in the first ODI with a superbly-paced 99 not out as it won in Cardiff on Thursday to level the three-match series ahead of Sunday\u2019s finale at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s victory in Cardiff followed a run of 16 defeats in its previous 20 ODIs.<\/p>\n<p>That dismal sequence has raised questions about how competitive a team seemingly wedded to aggressive batting will be at next year\u2019s 50-over World Cup in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Root- who has scored 7,752 runs in 191 ODIs with 20 hundreds- said he sympathised with younger players coming into the England side as changes to the domestic schedule meant they do not have \u201cthe wealth of experience and understanding of 50-over cricket\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Brook, a Yorkshire team-mate of Root insisted even the very best players are always looking to improve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally think you\u2019re always learning,\u201d Brook told reporters at Lord\u2019s on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Root) has played nearly 200 ODIs, he\u2019s still trying to learn, he\u2019s still trying to get better as a player and he\u2019s England\u2019s greatest-ever batter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/claire-taylor-mathematician-england-women-cricket-legend-record-viv-richards-achievements-bios\/article71235585.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Claire Taylor: The mathematician who rewrote cricket\u2019s record books<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>When it was suggested to Brook that England had become over-reliant on Root, he said: \u201cRoot has been such a good player for so many years and it\u2019s awesome to have him on the side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe probably have depended on him quite a little bit in recent times in ODI cricket and Test cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, the boys can learn from what he\u2019s doing, myself included, and realise how easy he\u2019s making batting look, to be able to just rotate the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can add a little bit of Joe Root into our batting as a collective team, then we\u2019ll definitely be in some strong positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England are searching for a new Test coach. Brendon McCullum, who is still in charge of their white-ball teams, was sacked from the role after a recent 2-1 series loss against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>That reverse meant England had lost seven of its last nine Tests.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what England needed from their new Test coach, Brook said: \u201cThat\u2019s a good question. That\u2019s up for the coach to decide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to put ourselves in strong positions as much as we possibly can to be able to dominate the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTest cricket is a long game, five days, and we could probably be slightly more consistent than we have been over the last couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/brook-root-footsteps-knock-england-teammates-footsteps-eng-vs-ind-3rd-odi\/article71238436.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England white-ball captain Harry Brook has urged his side to learn from Joe Root as it seeks to complete a series win against India. Root followed his unbeaten 76 in England\u2019s defeat in the first ODI with a superbly-paced 99 not out as it won in Cardiff on Thursday to level the three-match series ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_C26N4ZE.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194120,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194120","url_meta":{"origin":194453,"position":0},"title":"Joe Root says England \u2018learning on the job\u2019 in ODIs after morale-boosting win over India in Cardiff","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Root said his younger England team-mates were having to \u201clearn on the job\u201d in one-day international cricket because of a lack of experience of the 50-over games. 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