Joe Root: England's Test captain

[mishra]

Joe Root will be named as England Test captain later today.

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The Yorkshire batsman, 26, succeeds Alastair Cook, who resigned after more than four years in charge last week.

England do not play their next Test match until meeting South Africa at Lord's in July, when Root will become the 80th man to lead the country in the longest form of the game.

No batsman has scored more than Root's 4,594 runs since he made his Test debut in December 2012.

In the same time period, only India captain Virat Kohli has scored more runs than Root in all forms of international cricket.

An announcement from the England and Wales Cricket Board is expected on Monday to confirm Root has stepped up from vice-captain, a position he has held since 2015.

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Cook resigned on 6 February after a record 59 Tests at the helm.

Before the tour of India at the end of last year, the 32-year-old opener said he was looking forward to not being captain.

As England moved towards a 4-0 series defeat, Cook increased speculation over his future by saying he was questioning his position.

After he resigned, he confirmed he would like to continue at the top of the order, with England director of cricket Andrew Strauss leading the process to appoint a successor.

Root, all-rounder Ben Stokes, pace bowler Stuart Broad and one-day vice-captain Jos Buttler were all consulted.

But Root was always seen as the clear favourite and was offered the job over the weekend.

With England concentrating on limited-overs

 

[King Tendulkar]

At the moment earns 1.5 million pounds a year just through ecb contracts . Not bad 

[chewy]

Now Quointon De Kock should be made SA Test captain and will be entering golden era of cricket