Yes, he could defend, too! Ian Botham battles it out for England against Pakistan in 1987
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Now that Joe Root has had the chance to digest the criticism aimed at his side’s batting in the fiasco at Trent Bridge by Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan, this might be a good time for the new England captain to summon up the spirit of two other famous predecessors, namely Iron Mike and Iron Bottom.
For the record, this is what Vaughan, who has known Root since the young pup first appeared at his Sheffield Collegiate club a decade ago, had to say about...