“It had become a very unhealthy relationship, to be honest – the captaincy and me,” said Joe Root after his century helped England to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test.
“It had become a very unhealthy relationship, to be honest – the captaincy and me,” said Joe Root after his century helped England to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test.
A relieved Joe Root said that England’s Test captaincy took a toll on his personal health as he guided his team to a memorable match. Five-wicket win against New Zealand In his first match on Sunday after leaving the role.
31 year old stepped down as captain Following England’s 1–0 series loss in the Caribbean in March, Joe A. came on the heels of Disastrous 4-0 loss against Australia in ashes.
After Root scored an unbeaten 115 to help England chase down 277 at Lord’s and take a 1–0 lead in the three-match series, “To be honest, it had become a very unhealthy relationship.” – Captaincy and me.”
“It really started to take a toll on my own personal health. I couldn’t leave it on the ground any more; it kept coming home. It wasn’t fair on my family, on people close to me, and it was ‘on myself. Not fair either.”
to help stokes
Root, who was replaced by Ben Stokes, led England in 64 Tests, winning 27 and losing 26 during his five-year tenure.
The Yorkshire batsman said he is looking forward to helping Stokes succeed in his new role and helping England build a Test team again.
“I threw everything at it and I was determined to help this team change, but I realized at home at the time that it had to be done differently,” Root said on Sunday. Scored test runs.
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Root is the second England player to reach the milestone after former teammate Alastair Cook. Cook, who is fifth on the list of all-time leading run-scorers in Test cricket with 12,472 runs, said Root would overtake him.
Cook told the BBC on Monday: “It’s great to see the most complete batsman England has ever produced.”
“The man who could have played the most incredible innings was Kevin Pietersen, but for the most complete batsman in all three forms, this is Root. His consistency is unbelievable. Barring injury, he would go miles ahead of my record.”
The second Test starts on Friday at Trent Bridge.