Joe Root on his 100th Test
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
As Joe Root prepares to play in his 100th Test match, Jonathan Agnew speaks to the England captain to look back on his career, his Test debut, and to ask what the future holds.
Sir Alastair Cook says he has no doubt that Root will surpass his record total of Test runs, whilst Michael Vaughan thinks that he will become England’s greatest ever batsman.
Plus we hear from his parents, Matt and Helen, on what a cricket-obsessed Joe was like growing up.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.6 | This is the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:09.7 | Hello, I'm Jonathan Lagny, welcome to a very special test match special podcast, |
| 0:14.0 | marking Joe Roots' 100th test match. |
| 0:16.5 | I'll be speaking to Joe himself from his quarantine hotel in Chennai, |
| 0:19.8 | as well as his first England captain, Sir Alistair Cook, his mentor, Michael Vaughan, |
| 0:24.3 | and his parents Matt and Helen, |
| 0:26.2 | are bringing up not just one but two professional cricketers. |
| 0:30.0 | We'll hear about his upbringing, his sibling rivalry with brother Billy, |
| 0:33.8 | as well as his captaincy, and just how much longer he can go on for. |
| 0:37.6 | But first up, we should start with a man himself. |
| 0:40.1 | Follow England's tour of India via the TMS Podcast, |
| 0:43.4 | with a new episode at the end of each day's play. |
| 0:46.2 | I can't believe he played 100 tests, amazing. |
| 0:49.9 | I know he's the same, he seems to have come around quite quickly. |
| 0:53.0 | I don't know when the time's gone, |
| 0:54.0 | I feel like yesterday walking out in Agport, so hopefully it's not near the end |
| 0:58.6 | of the journey, but he's playing more games to come and playing more fantastic memories |
| 1:02.8 | to make, but very excited for this week. |
| 1:06.8 | Yeah, can you remember how you felt when you walked out? |
| 1:09.0 | It was actually an important game that, wasn't it? |
| 1:10.9 | And you were suddenly pulled in, |
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