Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting tells Joshua Peck that, as England’s best bat, Root was always in firing line

Leaders all: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting,

with Alastair Cook and Joe Root,
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While Nathan Lyon will surely become more of a presence in the Ashes as Tests go into the fourth and fifth days, the off-spinner made sure his name was mentioned early with his comments made ahead of the Gabba opener.
Amid the whole range of trash talk, the often tight-lipped Lyon said it’d be good to get England skipper Jo...