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DON’T BE CAPTAIN MORGAN, JOE

SHORTLY after Joe Root assumed the captaincy of England’s Test team in 2017, he joined Eoin Morgan, England’s white-ball captain, for an interview about captaincy on Sky TV with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain.
I cannot recall much of what was said but I did notice that Root seemed in thrall to Morgan, a leader who had turned England’s white-ball team from laughing stock to near world beaters – that last clause ready for removal should they win this year’s World Cup.
At the time, I put it down to Root demonstrating the natural deference most would show towa...

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