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Brook is far and away best batter in world: Root

Brook is far and away best batter in world: Root

London, Dec 10 (UNI) Harry Brook is "by far and away the best player in the world", according to his England team-mate Joe Root.
Root, 33, is ranked as the number one batter in the world by the International Cricket Council, one place ahead of Brook, BBC reported.
According to media reports, Brook made 123 in England's defeat of New Zealand in Wellington, his second century of the series following a triple-century on the tour of Pakistan.

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