England have lost the Ashes series to Australia. But, Joe Root has insisted that he is the right person to lead the team in the longer format.
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England have lost the Ashes series to Australia. They have lost the final Test by 146 runs in Hobart and faced a 4-0 series defeat as well. However, England Test captain Joe Root has insisted that he is the right person to lead the team in the longer format.
Notably, Joe Root’s five-year tenure as the captain has come under the scanner after they faced heavy defeats one after another recently. But he made it clear he wanted to stay in the post in future too.
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“I’d love the opportunity to take this team forward and to turn things round,” he told reporters. “At the moment, we’re going through a real tough stage as a group of players. “The performances haven’t been good enough but I’d love the opportunity to turn things round and for us to start putting in performances you’d expect from an English test team.”
He continued: “I believe I am the right man to take this team forward, in my own eyes, and if that decision is taken out of my hands, so be it. But I’d love the opportunity to carry that forward.”
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Meanwhile, Joe Root has opened up on the deficiencies of both his bowlers and batsmen over the series and he also said that the squad had to accept they were clearly not the best on this tour.
“We’ve let ourselves down because we’ve not given a fair account of what we’re capable of. But, at the same time, it’s quite evident that Australia are, at this moment in time, a better team than we are, in all areas. It hurts me to say that, but it’s the reality of things and we’ve got to accept that and find a way of doing better. Find a way of very quickly turning things around,” Joe Root concluded.
