Joe Root : (5) " From the age of six I used to watch every England team and when I was messing around in the backyard I would pretend to be whoever was scoring runs at the time, whether they were a right or left-hander. I just wanted to be them and do that. " - Joe Root " I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it’s the best format. " - Joe Root " There’s always things you want to get better at and learn from but that’s something that’s quite hard to instil in players. " - Joe Root " Something people might not know about me is, I like playing the guitar. " - Joe Root " Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket. " - Joe Root