Whoever you root for, cricket remains a game where personal favourites often come before the team, writes Alison Mitchell
When Joe Root sprinted back from extra cover to take a brilliant running catch over his right shoulder to dismiss Chris Gayle during the first One-Day International at Old Trafford, the crowd roared with approval at the Englishman’s immaculately judged effort.

Crowd pleaser, whoever you support: Chris Gayle
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Earlier there had been a cry of anticipation followed by a mass groan of anguish as Root spilled an edge off Gayle’s bat at se...