Woakes Backs Joe Root as he Wants to Continue as England Captain

Joe Root declined to answer questions about his future as England captain following their innings defeat at the MCG. But was backed by Chris Woakes to stay in the role after the Ashes despite losing the series was done.

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Joe Root will become England’s most experienced Test captain during the fourth Test in Sydney

Joe Root will become England’s most experienced Test captain during the fourth Test in Sydney. Root was leading Alastair Cook for the 60th time, but despite his record-breaking year with the bat, his team has lost nine of their last 12 Tests. And have lost in six consecutive matches abroad.

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Joe Root Said the Final two Tests of the Series would be “wrong to look at the past”

His captaincy was heavily criticized during the toss-start Ashes series in Brisbane. When England dropped James Anderson and Stuart Broad and opted to bat first on a low, green pitch. When asked about his future as captain after the loss in Melbourne, Joe Root said the final two Tests of the series would be “wrong to look past”: “My energy is in trying to win the next game,” he said. said. said. “I can’t be selfish and start thinking about myself.”

The Guardian and The Telegraph reported that Joe Root met with ECB chief executive Tom Harrison. In Melbourne on Wednesday and signaled his desire to remain as captain until the end of the series. And with a lack of clear candidates to replace him – Ben Stokes is his deputy but has endured 18 months of hard labor. Due to bereavement, injury and struggles with his mental health. And with the support of the dressing room, Joe Root’s release. Role is likely to remain.

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Root Retains Team Support

Woakes, one of England’s players in the alternate nets season, told reporters in Melbourne. “Absolutely,” when asked whether Joe Root has retained his support for the team. “Joe is a great cricketer, he has a great cricketing mind and I think his record as England captain is really great.

“Definitely it looks like Joe will continue. Hopefully he will. It is clear that the captaincy is not having any effect on his batting, which can happen to captains very often. The fact is that he He is scoring runs, very good for the team.

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“It would be great if we could help him with this and get some more runs around him. Joe is a world class player who has clearly had a great year. You would expect us when a man bats to perform much stronger than us.”