The Ashes; Fourth Test, Trent Bridge, Aug 6-10

[westoelad]

Joe Root's impression of Bob Willis sounded more like Brian Clough.


Looking forward to what Bob thinks about it.

But more importantly Root has reached No1 position in Test batsmen rankings.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Was Vaughan the last England player at number one?

Broad is second in the bowling, Anderson third.

[Gingerfinch]

Root has an outside chance of breaking Yousuf's calender year run record.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Plenty of games left for him.

[westoelad]

Was Vaughan the last England player at number one?

Broad is second in the bowling, Anderson third.

I thought it was Vaughan. Surprisingly Cook never got to No1 when he got that boatload of runs in Aussie.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Harmi probably last bowler at the top.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cook's best position was third. His highest ranking points total was after the Kolkata Test. I still think of his tour of India as his career peak.

[Durhamfootman]

Harmi probably last bowler at the top.

was Swann not no.1 for a while?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Second. Home series v SL, 2011. Highest points, home to Pakistan, 2010.

[Durhamfootman]

Ah...... okay

thank you

[braveneutral]

Reckon Monty could be number one soon based on his performance today.

[Durhamfootman]

he's timed it well..... just as everyone starts to scratch their heads over who will be selected as the front line spinner for the dust bowl tour later in the year

[Arthur Crabtree]

And he hasn't wasted the whole year playing cricket.

[Durhamfootman]

selectors haven't had to watch him get flogged all over in early season conditions....... they'll only see him bowling in spin friendly late summer

which is okay, I guess, given where they are going

[Arthur Crabtree]

Genius. He needn't waste his time either doing well against Leicestershire, as that won't count.