PHOTO CREDIT: Josh Varley, who is the subject of photo alongside Joe 1 February 2021
There have been many significant influences during Joe Root’s stellar career with Yorkshire and England, one which reaches the 100 Test caps milestone in India later this week. Childhood friend Josh Varley is certainly one of them.
Root and Varley, the first-team captain at the pair’s home club Sheffield Collegiate and a respected young coach, go way back.
“I’ve known Joe ever since he started playing cricket really,” explained the latter ahead of Friday morning’s first Test in Chennai.
“We went to the same school, and our parents are really good friends.