Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He mea whakamiharo tonu te kite i te urupare a nga kaitakaro ki te raru, a he tino pai te urupare a Joe Root ki te waiho i te Whakamatau o Sydney o te tau kua hipa. E maumahara ana ahau ki ngā kaitākaro i mahue atu i a au e tākaro ana, e amuamu ana i roto i te rūma whakakakahu, e whakapuaki ana i ngā kōrero pōhēhē e pā ana ki te āhua o to rātau korenga. Ko tā Root he titiro ki a ia anō, kia noho puku, kātahi ka whakaputa rau i muri i te rau kia kore ai ia e mahue atu i roto i te tere anō. I whakaatu a Joe Root i te nui o te kaha, tae atu ki te taranata, i roto i tetahi atu waahanga nui mo Ingarangi. Kua hoki mai a Root mai i te haerenga Ashes uaua ki te whakamatau i a ia ano hei kaitakaro Test kounga. Tata ki te whā tau ki muri, e mahara ana ahau i ahau e noho ana i te taha o Graham Thorpe i runga i te haerenga pahi, ā, ka kī puku mai ia ki ahau, ko Joe Root te kaitākaro Ingarihi taitamariki hei tiaki. Kāore i tino rangona a ia i tērā wā. He tika a Thorpe, mo nga mea i mahia e Root mai i te korero a Sydney mo te ahua o te tangata. Kaua e tinihangatia e te ataata a te tamaiti, me te whanonga whakakake. He tino kaha ia, he kaiwhakataetae kaha e aroha ana ki te tākaro mō Ingarangi. E mea ana ia ki a ia anō ia rā, me pārekareka ia ki te kēmu, engari kāore tērā e whakaheke i te kounga o ana mahi whakamiharo. Ko ōna rau whakamutunga e rima kua neke atu i te 149, e whā o rātou e kore i hinga, ā, i te huarahi i patu ai ia ki a Jimmy Anderson inanahi, i whakaaturia e ia he roro kirikiti tino pai tōna. Kāore hoki ia i whakararuraru i tōna āhua. He mea ngāwari i roto i tana rerenga o nāianei ki te hopu i tētahi hopu i te 40 rānei, ki te tuku atu rānei i a ia e tae ana ki te kotahi rau, pērā i ta Marlon Samuels i mahi i ngā whiringa tuatahi i konei. E aroha ana ahau ki te huarahi e haere nui ana a Root. I mua i te wairangi o tana hoa, ka rere atu a Root, ka whakaatu i te pakeke ki te patu me te hiku i te Paraire i Grenada. He tino pai te kaitākaro taitamariki i tana tūranga o waenganui, ā, kāore e tika kia neke ake i te kāri pākihi. Ko tētahi wāhanga o ahau e kite ana i a Root hei Nama 3 tūturu, i te wā i whakamātauria ai ia e Ingarangi ki Ahitereiria. He rite ia ki te kaitapahi ka taea te haere mai ki te whakahoki mai i te kaupapa mehemea ka ngaro koe i te wicket wawe. Engari he aha i neke ai ia i te mea e pai ana ia ki...
He tino pai a Joe Root ki te hoki mai i te wā uaua i Ahitereiria. Ko te 182* a Root i te tukinga tuatahi i Grenada i whakaatu ko ia he kaiwhakataetae maitai. He rite tonu ki te Nama 3, engari kaua a Ingarangi e neke atu i tana waahi o naianei. Ko te rangatira o te kapa ka whakapouri i ngā kaitākaro, ā, kāore anō kia tae ki tōna wā. He tika a Ben Stokes i te mea he ngakau nui ia, engari me noho māhorahora hoki ia.