Joe Root steps down as England Test captain following West Indies defeat

[sage]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60895801

[Austin 3:!6]

Expected as England is really struggling under his leadership

[Norman]

That 5th test in England this year is going to be a weird one. 

 

When was the last time both the captains stepped down during the "middle" of a series? 

[Lord]

6 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Expected as England is really struggling under his leadership

they don't have any better options.

 

 

[Bigg Brother]

Stokes will take over i guess.....

[sage]

1 hour ago, Bigg Brother said:

Stokes will take over i guess.....

but he's already explicitly said he doesnt want the job

maybe bairstow?

[Vijy]

On 4/15/2022 at 3:53 PM, sage said:

but he's already explicitly said he doesnt want the job

maybe bairstow?

they will convince him to do it like botham and flintoff

[kosingh]

Changing captains will not help England produce better batters. 

[raki05]

India ll still loose to this pathetic England like we did against sa.

[Lord]

make Sam Curran the captain

[putrevus]

How is it Root's fault if England have no batting or bowling. They still played Anderson who is 40 years old.He carried that team's batting almost alone for last few years. 

 

People should have sane expectations.Just changing the captain will do nothing.

[sage]

From the article back then. What a turnaround:

 

If you look at English cricket at the moment, they haven't got a chairman, there is talk all the time about the chief executive leaving (whether he is or not it is still extremely unsettling), there is no coach, managing director and now no captain. That is the reality of where English cricket at the moment.

They have won one match in the last 17. There is a hell of a lot to do.

 

 

[Vijy]

The moment Root-a-toot stepped down and stokes took over, Eng looks revitalized. if only some other teams had learnt from them...

[Lord]

On 4/20/2022 at 9:18 PM, putrevus said:

How is it Root's fault if England have no batting or bowling. They still played Anderson who is 40 years old.He carried that team's batting almost alone for last few years. 

 

People should have sane expectations.Just changing the captain will do nothing.

But it did.

[ThirtyD.]

17 hours ago, Vijy said:

The moment Root-a-toot stepped down and stokes took over, Eng looks revitalized. if only some other teams had learnt from them...

Don’t you worry, we have KL Rahul ready to take on the world, because you know why bother with innovation. Also if needed, Dhawan has been shoe horned to lead when KL and Dravid are mentally fatigued from all the planning they’ll be going through for a group stage exit. 

[Vijy]

8 hours ago, ThirtyD. said:

Don’t you worry, we have KL Rahul ready to take on the world, because you know why bother with innovation. Also if needed, Dhawan has been shoe horned to lead when KL and Dravid are mentally fatigued from all the planning they’ll be going through for a group stage exit. 

yes, agreed. we will have Kela, Dhawan, booba, etc. taking over

[Vijy]

8 hours ago, Lord said:

But it did.

it totally did. many were saying from the outset (e.g., Ian chappati) than stokes would be better than root. and the stokes-mcCullum combine is working very well. yes, there will be flops and people will criticize eng harshly, but they are trying to revitalize test cricket genuinely.

[Vijy]

4 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

 

Would Shameless Sharma follow his example? Likely not because Sharma isn't quarter the man and the batsman Root is.

He is 1/4th of root the batter and 200% root the human (in terms of body volume) and 10000% that of root in terms of eating vada pavs

[sage]

 

[Vijy]

On 12/12/2022 at 4:12 AM, sage said:

 

stokes should have been captain a long time ago in place of root-a-toot