The English skipper, Joe Root was at his dominating best against the Indian bowling attack with a third masterful century in as many games, putting England in a commanding position on day two of the second Test at Headingley on Thursday. Dawid Malan feels that the England cricketer is right up there with all-time greats of the game.

During the virtual press conference, Dawid Malan said, “You look at all the best players that have played – all the greats, if you want to put it that way – and as soon as you miss your line and your length, they hurt you. Joe is one of those. It’s great to watch and it’s great to have the best seat in the house when he does play as well as that. It’s the ease of what he does and the speed at which he does it.”

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He further added, “He just moves his feet so well and his position when he hits the ball is so good, he hits the ball so much later than most people. He always looks to score with intent, you know if you bowl a bad ball he just puts you away.”

Playing his first Test after a gap of three years, Dawid Malan cut and drove elegantly to register a score of 70 and his knock helped England to reach a dominating position.

Describing the same, Dawid Malan said, “The only guarantee we have at the moment is IPL – we don’t know if we’re going to the World Cup and we don’t know if we’re going to the Ashes, so it leaves us in quite a tough situation.”

The English southpaw highlighted the unforgiving nature of the England calendar in the Covid-19 era.

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Describing the same, Dawid Malan said, “Say you give up the IPL and you don’t get picked for either of the England squads, then you’ve given up the IPL. Or if you go to the IPL and then you get selected after you’ve gone to the IPL then you’re sat in the bubble for five and a half months. Hopefully we can get some answers and we can find some time to get a rest out of these bubbles.”