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Joe Root
"I don’t sleep at all during Test matches. It is a nightmare. Actually it is not a nightmare because at least having one of those would mean I’m asleep."

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Root went to the same secondary school as Jessica Ennis-Hill
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Joe Root
Batter
"I don’t sleep at all during Test matches. It is a nightmare. Actually it is not a nightmare because at least having one of those would mean I’m asleep."
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Ben Stokes
All Rounder
"Being the best that you can be is only possible if your desire to be a champion and your fear of failure is non-existent.” (Tattooed on his left arm)
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James Anderson
Bowler
"Cricket was better when there were scones. The lunch room at Lord’s is a special place to eat, but these days the tea break is more about protein shakes and fruit and nuts, than scones and cucumber sandwiches.”
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Harry Brook
Batter
"To be a successful cricketer for a long period of time, you’ve got to be level-headed, if you’re up and down and all over the place, the game will swallow you up."
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Ollie Robinson
Bowler
"I’m a positive person and I was always looking at things positively. I knew myself I could get back to this stage and I worked really hard, probably the hardest I’ve ever worked before, to get back to this point."
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Ben Duckett
Batter
"I wouldn’t say I’m ever going to be a goody-goody kind of person, I’ll always try and have a bit of character about me."
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Dan Lawrence
Batter
"I love batting at four for Essex and hopefully I can make the spot my own for England as well."
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Stuart Broad
Bowler
“Jimmy’s been the main man and I play second fiddle. I like that, because we could sit here, me and Jimmy, and we know that we’re a really good partnership, we know we work together.”
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Jonny Bairstow
“I was over-analysing things, but now it’s a case of standing upright at the crease and watching the ball. I just try to relax and let my bat go through the ball.”
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Mark Wood
Bowler
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Chris Woakes
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“I remember Tino Best was bowling rockets for West Indies A and thinking I would die if I faced him!”
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Josh Tongue
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Moeen Ali
All Rounder
“If I can play, and change the mind of one person about being a Muslim player and having a beard, then I’ll feel as if I’ve done my job.”
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