By Richard Edwards
THERE were times last week when Mrs Root didn’t know where to look – or which of her sons was going to reach his County Championship century first.
As Joe closed in on his hundred against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl, his younger brother Billy was doing likewise for Glamorgan against Northants in Cardiff. Leaving mum with something of a dilemma.
“She had the radio on one game and was refreshing Cricinfo on the other,” says Root Jnr, 26. “Joe was checking the scores regularly too because there was one point in that innings where we came off at ...