Sam Billings has spoken of his desire to earn a recall to the England Test team, having made his debut in the final Ashes Test after Jos Buttler was sidelined through injury.
However, Billings did not make the squad for the recent series against the West Indies, with Ben Foakes given the gloves. England lost that series 1-0 after suffering a comprehensive ten wicket defeat in Grenada and, having won just one of their last 17 Test matches, captain Joe Root has faced calls to step down.
There is not an obvious replacement for Root as skipper, though, with vice-captain Ben Stokes expressing his reluctance to do the job earlier this year. As a result, Billings has been touted in some quarters as a potential surprise alternative to take over, given he is now in his fifth year as Kent captain.
