Joe Root dismisses David Warner’s Ashes jibe as ‘all a part of the high quality’ forward of England’s tour Down Under | Cricket Information

Joe Root has dismissed David Warner’s thoughts video games, calling the previous Australian opener’s current criticism “all part of the fun” forward of this winter’s Ashes tour.

Warner lately stated of Root, who this summer time grew to become Test cricket’s second-highest run-scorer however is but to attain 100 in Australia: “Josh Hazlewood tends to have his number quite a lot. He will have to take the surfboard off his front leg.”

Warner retired from worldwide cricket final 12 months however will do battle in opposition to Root like outdated instances when his London Spirit face Root’s Trent Rockets at Lord’s on Thursday – reside on Sky Sports Cricket from 6pm (play begins 6.30pm).

Asked on a media name if he had laughed off the jibe, Root stated: “Just that. I can’t have any control on how people see the game or talk in an interview.

“Nothing new, is it? You know there are going to be storylines and folks desirous to hype up an enormous collection. Doesn’t actually change something.

“It’s form of irrelevant to me. What can I do about it? Just ensure that it is not a speaking level in six months or 100 days’ time.

“When you get on the market you have to try to impression the sport and assist your group get off to a superb begin. Business as standard so far as I’m involved.

“I guess it’s all part of the fun. We’ll see what happens out there [with Warner at Lord’s]. It’s not really in my nature to get too verbal.”

Root’s insatiable urge for food for scoring runs is displaying no signal of slowing down – 22 a whole lot scored in his final 61 Tests -with solely solely Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar and his 13,543 Test runs forward of him among the many all-time batting greats.

Root is at present 2,378 runs behind in second, although the previous England captain admitted that addressing his poor report in Australia is a precedence of his.

“The thing that stands out for me is I wanted it way too much the last couple of times,” Root stated, forward of his fourth Ashes tour Down Under. “It took me away from what was important.

“Clearly the previous couple of excursions there have been a great deal of different issues to deal with, a number of distractions.

“This time I just want to go and enjoy the tour for what it is. It’s a beautiful country, great place to go and play cricket.

“It’s going to be hostile, every part you’d anticipate and wish from an away Ashes collection. That’s one thing you have to relish.

“Going there with 150-odd Test matches under my belt, I feel couldn’t be more ready for it.”

Currently although Root is totally throwing himself into The Hundred, during which the Rockets have picked up two wins in two to start out the lads’s match, whereas the Spirit have one win in three.

Joe Root and David Warner sq. off in The Hundred on Thursday as Root’s Trent Rockets face Warner’s London Spirit at Lord’s, reside on Sky Sports Cricket from 6pm (play begins 6.30pm).