Joe Root is set to be named England’s new Test captain © AFP
Joe Root is set to be named as England’s Test captain. Root will succeed Alastair Cook, who last week stepped down after four years in the job. The ECB is expected to confirm the appointment on Monday.
Root, 25, had been the frontrunner to follow Cook in the Test role, having been made vice-captain in 2015. He met with Andrew Strauss, England’s director of cricket, last week but will have to wait five months for his first outing as captain, when England host South Africa in July.
There were few serious alternatives to Root, who has emerged as England’s star batsman since making his debut under Cook in 2012. Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad also met with Strauss, with Stokes a potential vice-captain for Root.
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