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. “Ruth’s leadership is unbearable and he must surely know it deep inside,” wrote Atherton, who has consistently called for Ruth to relinquish England’s 2021-22 defeat to the Ashes in his article. Times column. “His team has now gone five series without a win and has only won one test in the last 17, a shocking course for a team with such good resources. “As was obvious to anyone who was present in Australia and should have been obvious to anyone who was not, Ruth came to the end of the road as a leader. A change will not cure all diseases – this is a poor team and England are paying the price. price for neglecting the first division match – but there just comes a time when a leader has nothing new to say, there are no new methods of motivating his players and a different voice or different style is required. “He had reached this point at the end of the Ashes and nothing has changed. It would have been a cleaner break if I had ended then, but this decision will now be for the new CEO, the application date for which closed on Sunday. “How Root could feel that he had the right to continue after Australia or how he could stay in place while so many others with whom he shared responsibility were fired was a mystery and remains.” Hussain, writing in Daily MailHe said the decision to leave James Anderson and Stuart Brod out of the team was “a cop” and that Ruth – along with Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood and James Taylor – had been selected by the “yes” team. men”. “Root is a world-class batsman and a very nice lad, but I think he never had that instinctive sense of the game as a captain,” Hussain wrote. “Obviously, under Joe and Paul Collingwood in the West Indies, England tried to create this atmosphere where they were all together and all together. They want to be a nice team, but you need more than that to win the Tests. “Sometimes you need these tough characters, even if it’s hard to become a leader and a coach. “Captain, and the aspect of the role that I liked the most was trying to make the most of the people who did things differently.” The incoming England Men’s Cricket CEO will appoint a manager and decide what to do with the leadership before the start of their home game against New Zealand on June 2, and Hussein has suggested to Ben Storocks . ESPNcricinfo Ltd “If Joe does not decide to resign, the decision will have to be made by him,” he wrote. “Then the new coach should sit down with Ben Stokes and ask him where he is off the field mentally and where he is with his game. “Ben seems to be playing with passion and fire again and if the coach likes what he hears then Stokes should get the job.” Vaughan, writing about Daily TelegraphHe said that Ruth’s leadership “was not good enough” and that “regularly, he constantly loses a trick”. “It happened in Grenada, it happened non-stop in Australia and many times last summer,” he wrote. “It was a steady trend that when England came under pressure from Joe’s watch, he could not cope. When she has to win an hour, they lose it. “I knew in 2008 at the beginning of that summer that I was going to resign. As England captain you know when your match will take place. Joe has to wonder if he has the energy to lead on his own for the next year and a half? Is the team listening? show that no. “Finally we have to ask how much worse England will be if Joe Ruth is no longer in charge. What will we miss? We will not miss his runs because he will continue to score. Will we lose his tactics in the middle? No. “If he has the energy and a new coach can help him more than previous coaches, then maybe he could recover, but I’m not convinced.”
