LANCS PAY HOMAGE TO YORKSHIRE GREAT

NEVER has a Lancastrian crowd accepted gifts from Yorkshire with as much warmth as the ovations for Joe Root’s latest assault on greatness.

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Eric Cantona crossed the Pennines from Leeds and became adopted royalty down the road at the ‘other’ Old Trafford.

And Erling Haaland, born in the land of the White Rose, will forever be worshipped under a Blue Moon on the other side of Manchester.

But as Root’s 38th Test century, and his 12th against India, carried England over the same innings. And when he was finally out for 150, they cheered him again.

Three cheers for King Joe in Red Rose heartlands... and why not?