Ben Stokes could be the best candidate to replace Joe Root as England’s Test captain
(Picture: Getty Images)After England’s latest grim defeat, Joe Root is hanging on to the Test captaincy by grim death.
This was a loss as bad as any on England’s winless winter, or through their run of one victory in 17 matches in just over a year. The pain was as much to do with the manner – the top seven combined for 127 runs in 14 innings, at an average of nine – as the margin, a thumping 10 wickets that could have been even worse.
