England need to be honest: Joe Root’s captaincy is just not working out | Chris Stocks

England need Root at his very best with the bat if they are to have any hope of progressing as a Test team. At the moment they are going backwards

You had to commend Joe Root’s honesty when he walked after gloving behind a short ball from Anrich Nortje on the opening day of this second Test against South Africa. Yet perhaps the time is nearing for him to be equally honest about his own position as England’s Test captain.

To be frank, it just isn’t working out. This latest innings from Root, a largely fluent 35 from 49 balls, offered more evidence as to why he should not be in the job.

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