Guy Williams speaks to two characters who were key in the development of England’s Test captain
When England skipper, Joe Root, 26, tosses up with his opposite number Steve Smith at the start of the Ashes series in Brisbane this coming Thursday, back home two Yorkshireborn coaches, who played important roles in Root’s development, will be watching him proud as punch.
Kevin Sharp, 58, now Worcestershire’s batting coach and a former Yorkshire batsman (1976-1991), was Yorkshire’s batting coach from 2003 until 2011 and supervised Root’s first net sessi...