ECB took enough time before appointing Joe Root as their leader in the format. They announced Stephen Fleming as the successor to Brendon McCullum on the same day. With Root as the captain, will the team take steps forward to a new dawn? Mark Butcher has doubts.
Joe Root holds England's record for the most Test matches. The team managed to win 27 matches, as many losses, and eleven draws in 65 matches in total. While the initial stage of Joe Root's captaincy looked promising, winning back-to-back Test series on home grounds, it gradually lost momentum as the team suffered a string of defeats.
Joe Root resigned after only one win in 17 matches
Following Root's resignation, the induction of Ben Stokes as the captain and Brendon McCullum as the team's head coach, and Rob Key as the director transformed the team's mode of playing Test cricket. Mark Butcher claimed that the appointment of Root indicates backward steps instead of forward steps in the progression of the England cricket team.
Mark Butcher does not agree with the ECB's decision to retain Joe Root as captain
"Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Rob Key were the reaction to Root’s captaincy the first time around. This revolutionising of the way we play Test match cricket came off the back of 17 Test matches with only one victory under Joe," Butcher told Sky Sports.
"The best thing that happened to him and his game was not being captain anymore. His batting since has been on a different level, and I rather hoped it would stay that way, and he would be a loyal lieutenant to Harry Brook or whoever they decided was going to get the job permanently", he added.
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