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Root’s flair puts him up with very best says Lara

Katie Falkingham discovers that West Indies batting icon Brian Lara is a huge fan of England’s Joe Root

Flair and runs: Joe Root hits out for England against South Africa in last month’s Royal London ODI series
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Unsurprisingly, Joe Root isn’t exactly short of people who list him as one of their favourite batsmen to watch. But that sort of high praise must be all the sweeter when it comes from one of your childhood heroes.
Root has made no secret of the fact that West Indies great Brian Lara – he of almost 12,000 Test runs, 34 Test centuries, a...

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