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Joe Root ‘a rung below’ Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, says former Australia coach Darren Lehmann | Cricket News

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England’s leading Test run-scorer Joe Root still needs an Ashes century in Australia to be considered an “all-time great”, according to former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann.

Root has long been branded part of Test cricket’s ‘Fab Four’, alongside Australia’s Steve Smith, India’s Virat Kohli and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, but has yet to score a century down under.

Root, who averages 51.01 for his 149 Test caps, with 35 Test tons, has a highest score of just 89 over 27 innings in Australia, averaging 35.68.

Lehmann was speaking after Australia were hammered by India in the opening Test of their five-match series in Perth, with Kohli scoring his 30th Test ton and seventh in Australia.

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India’s Virat Kohli celebrates his century against Australia in their first Test win in Perth

“Nope, he’s a rung below for that reason,” said Lehmann on ABC Sport, when asked if Root was in the same category as the India batter.

“They’ve made runs all over the world in difficult conditions against different oppositions, and that’s the only thing stopping Joe Root. I think he’s a great player, but is he an all-time great?

“I don’t have him in that realm. I think you’ve got to make hundreds all around the world. Smith does, Williamson has, Kohli has, [Rohit] Sharma has – I mean they’re world-class players.”

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Root and England are preparing to face New Zealand in a three-Test series starting in Christchurch on Thursday, with India set to tour in 2025 and the Ashes tour of Australia following during the winter of 2025-26.

England will be looking to regain The Ashes for the first time since 2015. Since their last tour of Australia in 2021/22, Root has been in sparkling form, scoring 12 hundreds and 11 fifties.

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“Root has always been bracketed with Williamson, Kohli and Smith, and of late, it’s Root who’s been really going great guns,” former England captain Michael Atherton said on the latest Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.

“Kohli got a hundred in the second innings [in India’s first Test win against Australia], but the other three have struggled for one reason or another.

“I guess, for Root, he’s got that one little thing still nagging away at him, that failure, or lack of success in Australia, that lack of a hundred in Australia, and that tour is coming down the line.

“I’m sure it’s not invading his every waking thought, but I think the great players want to tick off everything in their careers.

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Mark Butcher explains why Joe Root can overtake Sachin Tendulkar’s Test run record, and how long it might take for the Englishman to do so

“And he’s ticked off virtually everything; he’s an Ashes winner, more runs than any other England player – he might get up to Sachin Tendulkar [as the world’s leading Test run-scorer], who knows? He’s brilliant in Asia, and the only place he’s not really dominated and done that well is Australia.

“At the end of his career, he’ll want to have proven that he can do it there as well, I think, just because that’s the last little thing to complete his greatness.”

England’s Test tour of New Zealand

  • First Test: November 28-December 2 (Christchurch)
  • Second Test: December 6-10 (Wellington)
  • Third Test: December 14-18 (Hamilton)

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