England In West Indies Ex Captains Call For Joe Root To Step Down After Defeat
Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan are leading calls for a change of leadership England’s defeat at Spice Isle was Root’s 26th in 64 Tests since he was appointed five years ago, which means only two men in test history – Stephen Fleming (27) and Graeme Smith (29) – have overseen more defeats. While Root said he had “talked a lot about the issue” in the post-match press conference and insisted that his team had made “big improvements” and played some “great cricket” during the series, several of his predecessors suggested that the decision should no longer be his own to make....