Derek Pringle believes England’s batting looks in more-than-reasonable order heading into the Champions Trophy…

There will be those fixated on strike-rates who will be tut-tutting every time Joe Root soaks up balls they feel others might smite to the boundary. And yet there are many, as well, who feel Root, England’s best all-round batsman, is integral to England’s chances of hoisting the Champions Trophy in four weeks’ time.
Root, fresh, if that is the right word, from England’s recent training camp in Spain, made 37 off 51 balls agai...