'No-one will remember' Australian Ashes digs - Root

They person been queuing up for a twelvemonth down under.

First Darren Lehmann said Joe Root needs to people a period successful Australia to beryllium considered an "all-time great".

Then location was David Warner and Root's "surfboard".

Last period Greg Blewett near Root retired of an all-time England XI because he has not reached 3 figures successful immoderate of his 14 Tests successful Australia.

Root remains unflustered.

"They are going to opportunity what they want to opportunity anyhow truthful why fuss worrying astir it," nan 34-year-old said. "It doesn't make a immense magnitude of difference.

"When we look backmost successful 5 years' clip no-one is going to retrieve what Matthew Hayden said to me, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, whoever it is.

"They are going to look backmost connected nan scoreline and deliberation that is simply a historical England triumph aliases not."

Hayden, nan legendary erstwhile Australia opener, has been 1 of nan fewer to travel retired connected Root's side.

In consequence to Blewett's claim, he said he would "walk nude" astir nan Melbourne Cricket Ground this summertime if Root does not scratch his Australian period itch.

That puts nan unit connected Root much than ever, perhaps, earlier nan bid which originates connected 21 November.

"Maybe it is," Root said.

"At nan extremity of nan time this circuit is not astir me.

"If I americium scoring runs and scoring heavy it gives america a awesome opportunity to triumph a bid retired successful Australia."

Root has spoken astir antecedently wanting his first ton successful Australia "too much".

He has a respectable mean of 35.68 successful 14 Tests successful Australia - he has 9 fifties - but his precocious people is stuck successful double digits astatine 89.

This clip he travels without nan load of captaincy, thing he had connected nan 2 erstwhile tours, while he will besides beryllium portion of a batting line-up and wider squad whose chances of succeeding look higher than of nan past 3 to person made nan trip.

Neither Root nor skipper Ben Stokes person won a Test connected Australian shores.

"I spell location successful a wholly different capacity to past time, different circumstances, a batch much acquisition now and I consciousness for illustration I person a really bully knowing of my crippled and really I want to negociate it successful nan conditions," Root said.

"Clearly you person sewage to put that into believe and beryllium bully capable erstwhile it really counts, but I americium really comfortable pinch wherever everything is astatine and looking guardant to nan opportunity and situation that lies ahead.

"More than thing arsenic a elder subordinate it is astir not conscionable performing successful position of nan runs but everything other that comes pinch it."

After 2 hours of cricket drills pinch youngsters astatine a Chance to Shine arena successful Leeds, Root has to correct himself erstwhile asked if he agrees this is England's champion chance to triumph an distant Ashes during his clip successful nan team.

"It decidedly does, if I americium being brutally honest," he said, upgrading an first appraisal of "probably".

"The point that I'm astir excited astir is going location pinch a wholly different attack arsenic a playing group.

"We're going to beryllium capable to deed them pinch thing rather different successful position of our bowling attack, and nan opportunity to perchance play 3 aliases 4 bowlers that vessel 90mph-plus for a sustained play of time.

"It's not for illustration we are going to spell location pinch nan aforesaid look and expect different results.

"We are going to spell location and effort and do it a somewhat different way, which is really exciting."