• Root: ‘It wasn’t even close to being a fair contest’
• England avoid defeat but Lord’s groundsman under fire
England’s bowlers will not thank Joe Root for it but their captain was highly critical of the Lord’s pitch after his side’s 143-run victory against Ireland. “I don’t like saying this but the wicket was substandard for a Test match,” Root said after Ireland were bowled out for 38. “It wasn’t even close to being a fair contest between bat and ball throughout the whole game.”
He admitted his team “weren’t at our best by any stretch” but, in what came across as a pretty clear dig at the Lord’s groundsman, Karl McDermott, Root said: “When you are getting scores like that, that tells a story in itself.”
Written by Andy Bull at Lord’s
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/26/joe-root-substandard-lords-pitch-england-ireland-test under the title “Joe Root hits out at ‘substandard’ Lord’s pitch after England’s three-day Test win”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
