A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: It’s too early to start over-hyping Joe Root’s success, says Andy Flower

Root became an overnight hero after his stellar innings against India

England Test coach Andy Flower has warned the cricketing community not to over-hype the early success of Joe Root after there were increasing calls for the 22-year-old to start opening alongside captain Alastair Cook in Test matches and also mounting speculation over which member of the batting line-up he will replace for the upcoming Champions Trophy in June.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: I don’t think my body would have been able to handle the workload of today’s pace bowlers, admits Michael Holding

Holding believes express pace bowlers have become a dying breed in the game

West Indies pace legend Michael Holding has admitted that his body would have probably broken down multiple times if he had to endure the workload bestowed upon today’s breed of pace bowlers.

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