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Joe Root: The summer England's 'Milkybar Kid' came of age – Almanack
"When I was in good form at the start of the season, I just focused on cashing in"
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"When I was in good form at the start of the season, I just focused on cashing in"
The Cricket Writers' Club voted him the Best Cricketer of 1962
"When Jacques Kallis edged his first ball to first slip I thought it might be one of my days"
"I was like, ‘Woah, hold your horses big lad. We’re full up and you’re not that good yet’"
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"His batting in 1893 was one of the best features of an extraordinary season"
"If he had been born in England he’d have played over 100 Tests"
"He believed that Hitler and the Nazis were an evil that had to be stopped"
"A massive turning point that made me into a different person"
"It came back to bite us I reckon"