Joe Root could be done and dusted as England captain after appearing ‘frazzled’ on arguably his worst day of a horror winter.
That is the verdict of his mentor and former England skipper Michael Vaughan who fears his time is finally up after five years in charge and just one win in 17. Root was already raging at his bowlers’ inability to capture the final two Windies wickets quickly enough with a second new ball - knowing full well that he was partly to blame for their eventual 297 all out.
The great gamble of leaving the two best bowlers in the land at home has so far failed to pay off and instead heaped yet more pressure on to his shoulders. And when he had the chance to make amends with the bat and dig his team out of a 93 run deficit sized hole, he capitulated again to the medium pace of Kyle Mayers.
