Root must seriously consider if he should be England captain

Captaincy is a gift. It comes naturally to some and you cannot learn it from a book. You learn it as a young man watching your peers and elder players in the team. You need a feel for it. Some of the best captains had little or no experience of the job before they led England, such as Michael Vaughan and Ray Illingworth, but turned out to be brilliant at it.Captaincy is like playing chess. You have to think two steps ahead.

Yes, the conditions were unpleasant for bowling and fielding but England had to win at either Old Trafford or the Oval to regain the Ashes. Everybody should have been up for the challenge and the captain needed to pick everyone up and remind them of that.Yet I never had the impression England sensed they could bowl Australia out or had that drive and determination.

The selectors will not want to take the captaincy off him. They are not sure who to give it to instead and they will not want to humiliate our best batsman by sacking him publicly. But he has not batted very well for a while and the team spend too long drifting to challenge good sides such as Australia. He has to spot an opportunity and be positive but Joe goes on the negative too often too soon.

The only moment when Smith seemed ill at ease was when Leach was turning the ball away from him with a fielder at silly point. When Leach got Smith out caught at slip he had overstepped the line. Muppet.

Some people really think we care about their opinion but no, not me

Lol, patronising or what !

Ah yeah...a pub basher is by far a better choice

he's rooted

Never stop your enemy when he is making an error!!

Joe's rooted ? I bet Dave Warner doesn't like him !🤣

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