Nestled in his crib, a baby Joe Root holds a small cricket bat. Now, 33 years later, that same baby is England’s highest-ever Test run scorer. You could say he was born to the role.

There must be something disconcerting about being thwarted by Joe Root. Like being held at gun point by a toddler, there is something incongruous about the baby-faced batsman providing such mature ...

Nestled in his crib, a baby Joe Root holds a small cricket bat. Now, 33 years later, that same baby is England’s highest-ever Test run scorer. You could say he was born to the role.