England recently outplayed Australian in the limited overs series by 6-0 comprising of 5 ODIs and a lone T20I. Their star batsman, Joe Root once again impressed one and all in the series, but his fellow batsmen in Jason Roy and Johnny Bairstow were even better. The English team is next scheduled to lock horns with India in three T20Is followed by as many ODIs. Meanwhile, Paul Farbrace, who is the standing coach while Trevor Bayliss is on a break, mentioned that Root’s position can’t be replaced in the squad. 

As quoted in NDTV Sports, Farbrace said, “Absolutely. You need your best batsman. I can’t believe anybody else in our set-up would argue against that. He is world-class in all forms of the game. You do need nous, and you do need people playing in different ways. There will be times when he is the outstanding player in a T20 game and gets us over the line.”

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He further added, “The best players adapt and score runs, whether it is 20 overs or 50 overs or Test match cricket, and he is without a doubt one of the finest players in the world. He could go anywhere from three to six – and it is nice having that flexibility and that cool, calm head.”

The English gloveman Jos Buttler is currently enjoying the form of his life especially when he amassed the fastest fifty by an English batsman in Birmingham in the T20I. He accomplished the feat in 22 balls and went on to score 61 runs from 30 balls, which laid the platform for his team’s massive score. Farbrace also lauded Buttler for the record and mentioned Eoin Morgan’s role in promoting the batsman to open.

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The interim coach said, “Jos played magnificently well… (but) you could easily argue a couple of others could have had a go – and maybe Halesy walked to the crease with a bit of a point to prove. You are going to go with the captain pretty much every time because he takes the team on to the field.”