{"id":18851,"date":"2024-11-25T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18851"},"modified":"2024-11-25T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:23:20","slug":"root-a-rung-below-smith-and-kohli-lehmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18851","title":{"rendered":"Root 'a rung below' Smith and Kohli – Lehmann"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann says Joe Root needs to score a century down under to be considered an “all-time great” alongside fellow batters Virat Kohli of India, Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealander Kane Williamson. <\/b><\/p>\n

Root has scored 35 Test centuries – the most for an England batter – but is yet to reach the milestone in an away Ashes series. <\/p>\n

He has played 27 innings in Australia, averaging 35.68 and with a highest score of 89. <\/p>\n

Lehmann was speaking after Australia were thrashed by 295 runs<\/a> in the opening Test against India, with Kohli scoring his 30th Test ton overall and seventh in Australia.<\/p>\n

“Nope, he is a rung below for that reason,” said Lehmann on ABC Sport, when asked if Root was in the same category. <\/p>\n

“They\u2019ve made runs all over the world in difficult conditions against different oppositions, and that’s the only thing stopping Joe Root. I think he’s a great player, but is he an all-time great?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t have him in that realm. I think you’ve got to make hundreds all around the world. Smith does, Williamson has, Kohli has, [Rohit] Sharma has – I mean they’re world-class players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Root, Smith, Williamson and Kohli were branded the Fab Four by former New Zealand batter Martin Crowe in 2014, touting them as the future greats of Test cricket. <\/p>\n

Since England’s last Ashes tour, Root has been in sparkling form, scoring 12 hundreds and 11 fifties.<\/p>\n

Ben Stokes’ side will look to regain the Ashes, which were drawn in 2023, during the winter of 2025-26.<\/p>\n

They begin a three-Test tour of New Zealand on Wednesday (22:00 GMT).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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