Is it time to bring Root back in to open, and try Robson and drop Root down the order to replace Pietersen?
"In our rapidly changing, transient big cities, we bring rooted, often working-class, older people together with young professionals, who have hundreds of social media connections but don't have deep roots in their community," says Smith.
January brings roots to roast, fat apples to stew, blood oranges and fennel to slice thinly into salads, porridge and rice pudding to stir.
Bairstow's departure brought Root to the crease, a surprise given he had not been expected to bat.
This brought Root to the crease and he was positively jaunty at the start, racing to 10 from 11 balls and almost being run out when Pietersen belatedly opted for a second run.
Updated at 11.21am BST 11.14am BST 30th over: England 59-5 (Root 7, Ali 1) Ali nudges himself off the mark, down into the off-side, bringing Root on strike - his ability to rotate the aforementioned, a glaring weakness thus far, will be crucial today.
Cook was lbw sweeping Rangana Herath on 59, bringing Root to the crease to continue in the same manner.
Substitute McLaughlin's deep cross to the far post found Leonard and the Shrimpers player had enough time and space to fire a shot into the roof of the net and bring Roots Hall to life.
But after thirty, they want to bring their roots to whatever they do".
The two pioneering Midwestern techno figures bring their roots to a track from Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons' new remix package.
