Root has achieved more overall... Jack hoobs could be great but Root is their number 1
Achieved more how? By playing more number of games? What kind of metric is that? That's Indian fan boy Sachin and England fan boy James Anderson level of argumentation?
Hobbs is the
1) Oldest player to score a 100 at age 46
2) 2nd fastest to 5000 test runs all time
3) over 61,000 fc runs and 199 centuries in fc cricket
4) One of the highest test batting averages of all time.
Its just that he was badly overshadowed by Bradman during his era but he's a solid test batsmen of that time. Top 5 atleast.
Root is top 2 only behind smith but he plays in crickets weakest test batting era of all time.
In the 2000's the best test batters were (Not ranked in order)
1) Ponting
2) Sachin
3) Dravid
4) Lara
5) Kallis
6) Hayden
7) Gilly
8) Sehwag
9) Laxman( I dont rate him but he has played wonders so fair)
10) Damien Martyn
11) Sangakkara
List goes on and on, their many others who i haven't named but the point is the list is bloody endless
Who's a goat in this era besides Steve smith?
Root and Kohli are virtual no bodies when it comes to comparing them with 2000 batters. Its just England test team post Bradman has been so bad that Root makes everyone look good in comparison.
The fact that Brooks, Jaiswal, Travis, Kane Williamson, Bavuma etc etc are considered solid test batters in this era shows how far the standards have fallen.
Root is good but he has a horrible conversion rate, a medicore record in pacy and bouncy conditons and often times does need a bit of hand holding to get going.
