Root hopes Test cricket's Channel 4 return will stir next generation
A combination of the national lockdown and a day-night third Test in Ahmedabad that starts at 9am UK time – the other three games begin five hours earlier – brings with it the prospect of bumper viewing figures for the sport, with a previous record peak of 8.7m viewers when Sky shared the 2019 World Cup final with Channel 4. “It is brilliant for the game,” said Root, who follows his teammates Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in becoming the 15th cricketer to play 100 Test matches for England. “We want to inspire a generation, the next generation. “You look at the stuff Sky do and t...