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Batter Billy Root has signed a new deal to stay at Glamorgan for the 2025 season. The 32-year-old has become a mainstay since joining the club in 2019, helping them win the Metro Bank One Day Cup in 2021 and 2024. Root has scored 3,326 first class runs, as well as 1,217 in list A and 357 in T20 cricket. …

Root has often been bracketed in the ‘Fab Four’ of Test batting, alongside Australia’s Steve Smith, Kane Williamson of New Zealand and Indian Virat Kohli. Brook is in a new generation of run-scorers, including India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sri Lankan Kamindu Mendis and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra. “Brookie is by far and away the best player in the world at …