Joe Root resigns as England Test captain after poor run of results
Joe Root is stepping down as England's Test captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday.
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Joe Root is stepping down as England's Test captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday.
Cricket used to be a top down game in which everything flowed from the captain. These days the leader is just one cog in a byzantine hierarchy as Joe Root is discovering in the vacuum around him – a space that needs urgently to be filled with a new coach, team director, chairman, and possibly a new captain should Root not pass muster with at least two of those appointments.
Tom Harrison has reiterated his desire to continue as England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive and insisted he will not run away from the challenges facing the organisation.
Chris Silverwood has left his position as England head coach following a dismal Ashes campaign.
Chris Silverwood was placed under an «impossible strain» to combine roles as England head coach and lead selector, according to Sir Andrew Strauss.
ECB Chief Executive Tom Harrison has insisted that he is not “clinging on for grim life” after seven years in the job and a power vacuum that leaves the Board without a Chair, Men’s Head Coach, Selector or permanent Director of Cricket.
:Joe Root is to remain as England captain for the upcoming tour of the West Indies, the team's interim managing director Andrew Strauss confirmed on Friday, despite his side's woeful performance in the Ashes.
Tom Harrison has reiterated his desire to continue as England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive and insisted he will not run away from the challenges facing the organisation.