County Championship: Joe Root talks Yorkshire's rout of Surrey
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Howells presents the best of the conversations around this week's County Championship results.
He talks to England's record run-scorer Joe Root following Yorkshire's huge win over Surrey, and Liam Dawson looks back at his red-ball career. Kevin also speaks to Nottinghamshire's Director of Cricket Mick Newell, Yorkshire Head Coach Anthony McGrath, and Mail on Sunday's Richard Gibson.
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| 0:45.3 | The county championship is in full flow and we've reached the end of the first seven weeks of the season. |
| 0:50.4 | To come, we'll hear from Joe Root, who talks us through Yorkshire's start at the campaign. |
| 0:54.6 | I speak to Liam Dawson, who's saying goodbye to first-class cricket, plus McNewell at Nottinghamshire, |
| 1:00.3 | and head coach at Yorkshire, Anthony McGrath. |
| 1:02.8 | But let's begin with England's record run scorer Joe Root, who just come off the field, |
| 1:07.0 | having watched his Yorkshire side, beat none other than Surrey by an innings and 127 runs |
| 1:12.8 | including taking 15 wickets on the previous third day amazing how it unfolded I don't |
| 1:18.7 | think anyone anticipated the pitch playing like that but I thought the way that we managed it and |
| 1:22.6 | exploited it at different times to get that score was you know, from being 120 odd for four, |
| 1:28.3 | the two guys showing their seniority, their experience, getting us to that mammoth total. |
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