'Always learning': Brook wants England teammates to follow Root's lead

[p]Root followed his unbeaten 76 in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a]'s defeat in the first ODI with a superbly-paced 99 not out as they [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=dhBCfSM5"]won in Cardiff on Thursday[/a] to level the three-match series ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=25tDh6iI"]Sunday's finale at Lord's[/a].[/p][p]England's victory in Cardiff followed a run of 16 defeats in their previous 20 ODIs.[/p][p]That dismal sequence has raised questions about how competitive a team seemingly wedded to aggressive batting will be at next year's 50-over World Cup in southern Africa.[/p][p]The 35-year-old Root - who has scored 7,752 runs in 191 ODIs with 20 hundreds - said he sympathised with younger players coming into the England side as changes to the domestic schedule meant they do not have "the wealth of experience and understanding of 50-over cricket".[/p][embed guid="e382cc58-e8e8-4b44-b3d8-279667ae7fb3" url="https://x.com/CricCrazyJohns/status/2077847005611929760?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]But Brook, a Yorkshire teammate of Root, insisted even the very best players are always looking to improve.[/p][p]"I personally think you're always learning," Brook told reporters at Lord's on Saturday.[/p][p][b]"He (Root) has played nearly 200 ODIs, he's still trying to learn, he's still trying to get better as a player and he's England's greatest-ever batter."[/b][/p][p]When it was suggested to Brook that England had become over-reliant on Root, he said: [b]"Root has been such a good player for so many years and it's awesome to have him on the side.[/b][/p][p]"We probably have depended on him quite a little bit in recent times in ODI cricket and Test cricket.[/p][p][b]"Hopefully, the boys can learn from what he's doing, myself included, and realise how easy he's making batting look, to be able to just rotate the strike.[/b][/p][p][b]"If we can add a little bit of Joe Root into our batting as a collective team, then we'll definitely be in some strong positions."[/b][/p][embed guid="ae531e2d-847e-4b6f-b4a3-227778a81f8f" url="https://x.com/englandcricket/status/2077852628193628569?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]England are searching for a new Test coach. Brendon McCullum, who is still in charge of their white-ball teams, was sacked from the role after a recent 2-1 series loss against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/G6PWlrQB/"]New Zealand[/a].[/p][p]That reverse meant England had lost seven of their last nine Tests.[/p][p]Asked what England needed from their new Test coach, Brook said: "That's a good question. That's up for the coach to decide.[/p][p][b]"We want to put ourselves in strong positions as much as we possibly can to be able to dominate the game.[/b][/p][p][b]"Test cricket is a long game, five days, and we could probably be slightly more consistent than we have been over the last couple of years."[/b][/p]