Joe Root in the World Cup final: Worst batting performance by an Elite batsman

[Rana]

7 off 29. Tried to hoick the ball before against a trundler to cow corner.

He’s just left his team with so much to do. Never seen such a massive let down on the grandest stage. Monumental fail.

 

[Syed1]

Not as "elite" as made out to be. Just because he is English he is hyped up to be one of the best in the world. Fact is he cannot even wipe Babar Azam's shoes let alone Kohli or Williamson or Smith or Sharma.

 

[AdamM97]

He’s a mental midget. What a cowardly performance in the most important match of his life.

 

[big_gamer007]

He clearly used the match to practice for the upcoming ashes. As [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] (the true spokesperson for all English fans) has told us all that England don't care about world cup. For them it's all about ashes so Root was practising for upcoming ashes.

Pretty good innings considering the above

 

[kingusama92]

Couldn't even live up to his Joe Fifty nickname.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Most useless innings of a world cup final

 

[Hasan123]

Harsh thread. He saw off some good bowling. He just lost his head. You have to give credit to NZ bowlers. Not many batters would have seen that period off.

 

[barah_admi]

7 off 29. Tried to hoick the ball before against a trundler to cow corner.

He’s just left his team with so much to do. Never seen such a massive let down on the grandest stage. Monumental fail.

No it's not.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Bigger bottler than Kohli. Who would have thought

 

[Rana]

No it's not.

What is the worst??

 

[shah_1]

He is a soft player like Amla

 

[volcyz]

Smith most clutch

 

[Sir-fraz]

Lol [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] where are you hiding bro?

Claiming it was all over after nzl batted.

Guess ur team is still full of chokers.

Root has possibily played the worst innings from a potential atg of all time

 

[Ab Fan]

He is England's Mohammad Yousuf.

 

[Eye_Done]

England Tendu

 

[Madplayer]

Poor innings. He is a mental midget as was proved during Ashes last time around.

 

[Bilal7]

Sachin would have to take the cake for choking in not one but two World Cup finals. These knee-jerk threads need to stop.

 

[Rana]

Sachin would have to take the cake for choking in not one but two World Cup finals. These knee-jerk threads need to stop.

7 off 30???

When did Sachin ever do anything like that?

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

He's not good in odi's

 

[The Viper]

It was an awful knock. Normally he rotates the strike so effortlessly.

 

[Mamoon]

Lol [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] where are you hiding bro?

Claiming it was all over after nzl batted.

Guess ur team is still full of chokers.

Root has possibily played the worst innings from a potential atg of all time

I was quietly enjoying the premature celebrations.

Root was awful today, but he had a very good World Cup overall.

 

[topspin]

I was quietly enjoying the premature celebrations.

Root was awful today, but he had a very good World Cup overall.

You timed your reappearance well because there were are a lot of salty fans venting out their anger all because of that deflection.

I'm glad England won because they're my second team.

 

[rhony]

What a dud he turned out to be. Choked the run chase and was reckless at the end. Panic!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Won’t make him a bad player. Cricket is s team game.

 

[Sir-fraz]

I was quietly enjoying the premature celebrations.

Root was awful today, but he had a very good World Cup overall.

Yeah okay bro we all know you were praying for an england win. Ahaha

Anyways good game of cricket other wise.

Both teams choked hard. I still dont agree with the ruling of over throw runs off the bat.

But hey england has played well over the past 4 years. I still wouldnt say they deserved to win.

Because no team does.

Hopefully we see more pitches that keep balance between bat and ball in the future.

 

[The_KING]

He was never as great as he was made out to be. He is a very good player, but that's it. Not a great player and never will be.

 

[satheesh]

just can't understand these criticisms with out taking contexts into account.. Mind you he was not setting a target, he was chasing in front of home crowd. Setting & Chasing make a huge difference in world cup semis & even more so in finals. Take Kane. He played a 67 odd in semi. Come final the same Kane was in even more pressure and he succumbed to a mere 30. It makes no sense what so ever to lump all match situations together and expect players to perform with the same levelheadedness in all of those situations.

 

[James]

Both Root and Williamson batted poorly yesterday IMO.

 

[Zaz]

Wasnt great yday but that was a tough wkt to bat on and it happens

 

[Rana]

Both Root and Williamson batted poorly yesterday IMO.

Williamson still grinded it out for 30 odd runs. Root was lost and clueless by the end of it. Totally owned by Colin De Grandhome

 

[Mueez]

Pardon my ignorance.

But I have never seen Root play a clutch knock...

 

[hadi123]

Was an awful innings, but luckily, didn't cost his team.