Why did Root put Aus to bat first?
Root is not captain material. Benji should be captain. Root and Cook should focus on run records.
Away series against arch-rivals isn't the best time to judge Root's captaincy. He did set aggressive field placing and had fielders in catching positions. Unfortunately they either dropped the catch or ran into another fielder - so its not exactly Root's fault. England's fielding need to be a little sharp. Otherwise its just bowlers working very hard with no results.
Marsh, Paine, Cummins - all had lot of scares while batting. Paine survived three LBW and reviewed two of them to survive. Marsh had his fair share too. It wasn't a very confident start, but they took their time to settle in and score the runs. English batsman should look to do the same.
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Topic: Ashes 2017-18 (Read 426172 times)