Joe Root’s trouble is working the ball with an open face through the off side is loaded with huge risk in Australia.
An Ashes captain, the world’s foremost batting performer, is 2-0 down with three to play. There are loud noises about his leadership, reports of dissent in the ranks, and calls for a new skipper to be chosen.
While Root’s record in Australia is presentable, averaging almost 40 across 11 matches, his inability to reach three figures - let alone the sort of tally run up by the recent England team that won the Ashes in Australia in 2010-11 - is pivotal. Root’s trouble is that in Australia, working the ball with an open face through the off side on surfaces that offer plenty of carry is loaded with huge risk for even the best of players. Hence the decision by the likes of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to leave the majority of them alone.
“I think it’s managing what’s right in front of you. The last couple of games, Brisbane in particular that extra bit of bounce, and there’s probably a little bit more danger there. I was really, really annoyed at myself in the first innings because I made a very similar mistake to what I did at Brisbane.
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