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Annie's Song:
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English Test captain Joe Root has long been the butt of jokes from some cricketers - among them Australia's David Warner for his youthful looks. Now 26, years after the jokes first began, Root still looks much younger than his age.
While England's James Vince and Mark Stoneman, relative rookies in the team, chipped in with a 125-run partnership, captain Root failed to fire, attempting to flick a delivery of Pat Cummins for four and getting out lbw instead.
That has only perhaps given more ammunition to the Barmy Army, who have come up with a song for Root set to the tune of John Denver's hit Annie's Song:
One night in Kolkata
We met our new hero
Got ruined on Vodka
And a blue marker pen
He made his test debut
On a dust bowl in Nagpur
Our baby faced batsman
It’s Super Joe Root
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