Joe Root says he is 'having more fun' playing for England now that he has stepped down as captain, with the side winning six out of seven Test matches this summer.
Under new captain Ben Stokes and new coach Brendon McCullum, England played an aggressive and positive brand of cricket that has captured the imagination. After Root resigned as skipper in April, with England having won just once in their last 17 Tests, he revealed he had developed a "very unhealthy relationship" with the role and said it had started to "take a bad toll on my own personal health".
However, he has been playing with a lot more freedom this summer and believes England can "go from strength to strength. In an interview with Sky Sports, Root said of the summer: "It's been great fun.
