Joe Root Declares Aussie Ashes Digs Won't Be Remembered

Australian critics have been lining up to make comments about key player for some time

Initially, Darren Lehmann suggested that the England batsman must make three figures in Australia to earn the status of an "cricket great"

Following that the Australian opener well-known "surfboard" comment aimed at the England batsman

Last month, another former Australian player left Root out from a legendary English team on the grounds he's failed to score a hundred in all of his 14 international Tests in down under

Root remains unflustered about the comments

"They will keep stating whatever they wish regardless so why worry worrying about it?" the experienced player stated

"It doesn't make a huge amount of difference

"In retrospect five years from now people won't remember Hayden's remarks stated about me, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, whomever it might be"

"People will remember on the scoreline and think that is a historic England win or the opposite"

Matthew Hayden has been a minority of Australian voices to speak out supporting Root

Reacting to Blewett's statement, he said he would "walk without clothes" at the MCG during the upcoming season unless Root manages to achieve his Australian ton

That creates the pressure on Root like never before possibly, prior to the matches which begins on 21 November

"Perhaps that's true," Root acknowledged

"When all is said and done this Australian visit is not about me

"When I'm batting well and accumulating big scores it offers us a great opportunity to claim the series down under"

Performance in Australia

Root has spoken earlier desiring his initial century in Australian conditions "too much"

Root possesses a reasonable average of thirty-five point six eight in numerous Tests in down under - he has nine fifties - however his top score is stuck below one hundred at 89

New Context

This time he comes free from the weight of captaincy, responsibilities he held on the two previous tours, and he'll also serve as component of the batting lineup and larger team having opportunities of succeeding seem better versus earlier visiting sides

Root along with and captain Stokes have achieved victory in a Test match on Australian shores

"I'm heading there under changed circumstances to last time, altered situations, a lot more experience at present and I feel like I understand completely about my batting and my approach to managing it down under" the batsman stated

"Obviously you must implement that and perform adequately at important times, however I feel quite confident about my current situation and looking forward to the challenge and opportunity coming up"

"Above all being an experienced player the emphasis lies in more than just performing in terms of the runs but every other element accompanying it"

Prime Possibility

Following 120 minutes of practice sessions with young players at a Chance to Shine event in Leeds, Root has to correct himself when questioned if he concurs this is England's best chance to secure an overseas Ashes victory in his playing years as part of the side

"Without question it does, if I am being brutally honest," he said, correcting his earlier statement of "maybe"

"The thing that I'm most excited about is traveling there with a totally new strategy as a playing group"

"We'll have the capability to present them with something quite different concerning our bowling attack

"and the opportunity to possibly field three or four bowlers who deliver exceeding 90mph for a sustained period"

"We're not going to we'll travel there with the same formula and expect different results

"We'll travel there and try and do it using modified approaches which generates excitement"