article_snippet.sent: It is always revealing to see how players respond to adversity and Joe Root has reacted magnificently to being left out of last year
article_snippet.sent: Joe Root showed plenty of grit, as well as talent, in yet another big innings for England .
article_snippet.sent: Joe Root has bounced back from a difficult Ashes Tour to prove Joe Root as a quality Test batsman .
article_snippet.sent: Around four years ago I remember sitting next to Graham Thorpe on a bus journey and Joe Root quietly telling me that the young English batsman to watch out for was Joe Root.
article_snippet.sent: How right Graham Thorpe was, for what Joe Root has done since Sydney speaks volumes about the character of the bloke.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Root is as steely as they come, a fierce competitor who loves playing for England.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Root last five hundreds have been in excess of 149, four of His last five hundreds have been unbeaten and in the way Joe Root batted with Jimmy Anderson yesterday Joe Root showed Joe Root has a very good cricket brain.
article_snippet.sent: Before Joe Root partner was foolishly run out, Root showed maturity to bat with the tail on Friday in Grenada .
highlights_snippet.sent: Joe Root has been terrific to bounce back from a difficult time in Australia .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: * in the first innings in Grenada showed Joe Root is a steely competitor .
  