His comments come after Root went past Alastair Cook to become England's highest scorer in Test cricket via a stunning 262 in the side\u2019s win over Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs at Multan. It has also ensured that Root will have 1000-plus Test runs in a calendar year for the third straight time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt was a very flat pitch in Multan with no pace, bounce and very little movement. We would all have liked a bat on it, even at my age. But that is not to take anything away from England. Their batting was magnificent. Joe Root and Harry Brook, using different styles, scored at a great tempo without making mistakes. They didn\u2019t give their wicket away like the Pakistan batsmen.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cRoot is always very technically correct and is enjoying the best years of his career. He is using his bat as a rapier, slicing and piercing the gaps. It\u2019s a slow way of hurting bowlers but it wears them down to the point where they realise they are bowling at a brick wall. They start to feel they are never going to get him out and that is when a dispirited hopelessness sets in,\u201d wrote Boycott in his column for The Telegraph on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also recalled of the first time when he first saw Brook, who made a sensational 317 and become England\u2019s sixth triple centurion in Tests. Root and Brook's mammoth partnership of 454 is now the highest stand for England in Tests, beating the 411-run stand between Peter May and Colin Cowdrey against West Indies in 1957.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe first time I saw Brook I felt there was a bit of Kevin Pietersen or Denis Compton about him. He looked like a fairly orthodox batsman who was straining at the leash, waiting to break free. You can tell his instinct is to attack the bowlers and put them to the sword. His only thought is 'where can I hit it?.'<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t think about footwork or technique and just lets his instinct and imagination take over. He sometimes pre-meditates a shot or invents a stroke or just simply gives it a smack. When he is on the charge it is soul destroying for bowlers because they run in thinking \u201cwhere is Harry going to hit me this time\u201d instead of concentrating on where they are going to bowl the ball. They are two different types of batsmen but so exciting to watch,\u201d added Boycott.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He signed off by saying performances of debutant pacer Brydon Carse and left-arm spinner Jack Leach were also biggest pluses for England from the win at Multan. \u201cEnglish cricket needs some new, fully-fit fast bowlers to take on India and Australia. New boy Carse looked good hitting the deck hard on an unresponsive pitch at good pace.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t think about footwork or technique and just lets his instinct and imagination take over. He sometimes pre-meditates a shot or invents a stroke or just simply gives it a smack. When he is on the charge it is soul destroying for bowlers because they run in thinking \u201cwhere is Harry going to hit me this time\u201d instead of concentrating on where they are going to bowl the ball. They are two different types of batsmen but so exciting to watch,\u201d added Boycott.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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