LAWRENCE BOOTH. There are hospital passes - and then there's the task that awaits Joe Root this week as English cricket tries to recover from its latest bout of self-sabotage ....
Joe Root has acknowledged England have "let ourselves down" with some "disappointing" behaviour in recent months ... Root has dusted down his old captain's blazer – "It was in a cupboard in the garage.
Root leading the third Test at Trent Bridge, which begins just three days after the scheduled finish at The Oval, seems highly likely ... “I’ve spoken to him a number of times over the last week or so,” Root said.
Joe Root rated his chances of ever captaining England again at “0.1 per cent” but there is now a strong possibility he leads them into the Ashes next summer. Root had to dig his captain’s blazer out of ...
To the surprise of almost everyone, including the man himself, this week Joe Root will dust off his old blue blazer and captain England for a record 65th time, four years after he last did a job that comes with unique pressures and scrutiny.