Joe Root will beat Tendulkar's record : Geoff Boycott

[Sgattick10]

Prolific Joe Root has potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's Test record, says Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott says Joe Root has the potential and talent to surpass Indian great Sachin Tendulkar as the all-time run scorer in Test cricket. | Photo Credit: AP

PTILONDON 26 JANUARY 2021 16:54 IST

UPDATED: 26 JANUARY 2021 16:54 IST

 

 

    

Joe Root has also become the fourth-highest run-getter in Test cricket for England and the first ever captain to hit two double-hundreds.

The legendary Geoffrey Boycott believes prolific England captain Joe Root has the potential and talent to surpass Indian great Sachin Tendulkar as the all-time run scorer in Test cricket.

Root, 30, amassed 426 runs in four innings at an average of 106.50 including two centuries with a high score of 228 in the just-concluded 2-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka.

Root, whose next assignment is the four-Test series in India starting on February 5, also became the fourth-highest run-getter in Test cricket for England and the first ever captain to hit two double-hundreds.

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"Forget just scoring more Test runs for England than David Gower, Kevin Pietersen and myself. Joe Root has the potential to play 200 Tests and score more runs than even Sachin Tendulkar," Boycott wrote in a column for 'The Telegraph'.

"Root is only 30. He has played 99 Tests and scored 8249 runs already. As long as he does not suffer serious injury there is no reason why he cannot beat Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921." Boycott, however, doesn't want people to compare Root with stars of bygone eras, saying he should be judged only with his contemporaries.

"His contemporaries, such as Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, are wonderful players as well who could also score that many runs. We should enjoy Root and only judge him alongside those guys, not great names of the past because every player is a product of their environment," he said.

The 80-year-old England batting great observed that Root has worked on his batting during the COVID-enforced break but said the right-hander will face his biggest test on Australia soil.

"Until this tour Joe had not been making the big scores that influence matches. Perhaps the COVID-19 lockdowns allowed him time to take stock of his batting. For too long he appeared to be influenced by Twenty20 cricket. He was trying to force his way back into England's T20 side, but that frenetic type of batting is not for him," Boycott said.

"I felt that when playing Test cricket his subconscious was telling him to try to score off almost every ball. He was opening the face of the bat to good length balls trying to run it to third man, working straight balls to leg and even when he defended a really good ball he would set off for a run. In other words, he was trying to avoid a dot ball. Against top-class Test bowlers that is not possible.”

"Joe's biggest test will be against pace in Australia but, right now, by not batting in a gung-ho style, he has settled down and is giving himself a chance to bat big."

Edited January 26, 2021 by Sgattick10

[putrevus]

Boycs is right , Root is the only guy who has a realistic chance of beating Tendulkar's records. He has already played nearly 100 tests.

[Ankit_sharma03]

 first he needs to learn how to convert 50s into big ones all over not just in lanka 

[Adamant]

Too many ifs and buts as of now, first he need to comlete 10k before turning 33

[Adamant]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 first he needs to learn how to convert 50s into big ones all over not just in lanka 

That is more of a mental thing, i dont think its related to opposition

[Sgattick10]

One funny thing is all the greats talk about fab 4 ie Kohli, Root, Smith & Williamson. Only Pakistani greats thusao Babar Azam in fab 4 or make it fab 5 

[putrevus]

3 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said:

One funny thing is all the greats talk about fab 4 ie Kohli, Root, Smith & Williamson. Only Pakistani greats thusao Babar Azam in fab 4 or make it fab 5 

That is their pathetic attempt to make their pathetic team relevant.

[nevada]

Wow, he's already played 99 tests and has 8200 runs to his name! Looks like the English play too much test cricket. If he breaks the record, so be it. 

[mishra]

16 minutes ago, Adamant said:

That is more of a mental thing, i dont think its related to opposition

I thought Pitch and bowlers are the ones which trouble the bat? SL is modern day Zimbabwe

[Serpico]

22 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 first he needs to learn how to convert 50s into big ones all over not just in lanka 

He made more runs than sachin at this age. Even Cook was on track to beat it but retired too early. If root don't get burnt out and plays till 37-38 he can definitely break it given the amount of test cricket they play

[Majestic]

Root can and if he does, he will be ATG even if his test average is lesser than KW, Smith and Kohli.

[Majestic]

11 minutes ago, mishra said:

I thought Pitch and bowlers are the ones which trouble the bat? SL is modern day Zimbabwe

He doesn't get to play real Zimbabwe though which SRT boosted his stats against.

[Ankit_sharma03]

8 minutes ago, Serpico said:

He made more runs than sachin at this age. Even Cook was on track to beat it but retired too early. If root don't get burnt out and plays till 37-38 he can definitely break it given the amount of test cricket they play

 

everyone looks on track till they realise its not easy that was the greatness of tendulkar

[putrevus]

Cook did the right thing, hanging up rather playing for meaningless records like Sachin. I don't think Root will stay that long either.

[Stan AF]

8 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Cook did the right thing, hanging up rather playing for meaningless records like Sachin. I don't think Root will stay that long either.

Cook himself was hanging on for like the last 2-3 years. The century in Melbourne in 2017 itself was long overdue.

[putrevus]

Just now, Stan AF said:

Cook himself was hanging on for like the last 2-3 years. The century in Melbourne in 2017 itself was long overdue.

Cook was an opening batsman and he was 32 or 33 when he retired. Opening batsmen always have string of low scores that is the nature of their position. So he did not hang on at all.

[Serpico]

13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

everyone looks on track till they realise its not easy that was the greatness of tendulkar

eh tendu could have retired in 2011. if anything he ruined his record from 56 avg to 53 by hanging on for extra two years

[Stan AF]

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Cook was an opening batsman and he was 32 or 33 when he retired. Opening batsmen always have string of low scores that is the nature of their position. So he did not hang on at all.

Being in his earlier 30s helped him, otherwise he should have gone long back. It is not easy to keep scoring runs no matter who you are. That doesn't come to everyone.

[putrevus]

Just now, Stan AF said:

Being in his earlier 30s helped him, otherwise he should have gone long back. It is not easy to keep scoring runs no matter who you are. That doesn't come to everyone.

Run scoring was not problem for Cook. He was captain for so long that drained him the most.He is still plays for Essex. Cook if he choose could have played 200 tests easily. Looking at his replacements for last three years England would have welcomed him to continue.

 

Unlike Sachin who hung on shamelessly for some meaning less records.Sachin became a burden to the team where as Cook was an asset when he walked out.

[Stan AF]

3 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Run scoring was not problem for Cook. He was captain for so long that drained him the most.He is still plays for Essex. Cook if he choose could have played 200 tests easily. Looking at his replacements for last three years England would have welcomed him to continue.

 

Unlike Sachin who hung on shamelessly for some meaning less records.Sachin became a burden to the team where as Cook was an asset when he walked out.

He could not have played 200 tests. Sorry. He was not making enough runs. He was not an asset and as usual you're making things up.

As for sachin i have always said he should have retired after 2011/12 BG Trophy. Nothing more to add there. He was still averaging 55 then.

 

As for shameless hanging on no one can beat kohli who is shamelessly hanging on to both India and rcb captaincy and uses his pr overdrive to stay relevant.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Stan AF