Sky Cricket Podcast: Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton on Joe Root
Joe Root, Pakistan's batting and AB de Villiers on the agenda...
Saturday 23 July 2016 19:37, UK
It looks like Joe Root's promotion to No 3 is working out alright…
The England batsman was in sumptuous form at Emirates Old Trafford on Saturday, turning his unbeaten 141 into a second Test match double ton before finally falling for 254.
Nasser Hussain, an England No 3 of yesteryear, and Michael Atherton assessed Root's innings on the latest Sky Cricket Podcast, while we also caught up with the man himself.
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Nas and Athers also looked at how England have got to grips with Pakistan's Yasir Shah - the leg-spinner recording figures 1-213 from 54 overs having bamboozled the hosts at Lord's.
Pakistan's vulnerable batting line up was also discussed - Misbah-ul-Haq's men slipping to 57-4 in reply to England's mammoth 589-8 declared, with Chris Woakes claiming three wickets.
Plus, Nas chatted about the second episode of AB de Villiers: Sporting Genius - which you can watch On Demand and Sky Go now - in which he tackled the South Africa superstar at tennis.
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