Joe Root remained defiant as England Test skipper after claiming his defeated team were making progress after overseeing an 11th defeat in 13 months.
A 1-0 loss to the West Indies confirmed England’s spot rooted to the bottom of the World Test Championship and a fifth successive series without a win for the first time in their history. But the 31-year-old insisted his side were in better shape now than at the end of the 4-0 Ashes thrashing.
“I think the team is in a better place than in Hobart,” said Root. “There are so many things we’ve done well in a short period that prove that. A number of batters have stepped up and shown they are capable of doing special things at Test level, they’ve just got to do it more frequently and when the pressure is really on.
