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.

Of England's top seven, only the two openers, Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings, and captain Joe Root batted in ... and most dangerous. Where Root should bat has been a question that has bubbled ...