Giving Root the captaincy starting to affect his batting?
He has too much weight on his shoulders to perform every time he goes out to the middle, the collective amount of 100's scored in the top 5 is ZERO (not considering Cook and Root of course) so how is he able to trust the others will get a decent score...
Simple answer is he can't and as a result he feels the pressure.Sad thing is it look like we don't have anyone else to improve the , the next cab off the rank is Ballance......Ballance for christ sake!!
I know one man cant turn a test series round but the exclusion of Stokes has completely killed the balance of the side...I'd rather have a Stokes than a Woakes any day and the aggression he brings (no pun intended) makes England a far more threatening side not to mention a Dukes ball and movement through the air

Overall this England side shows (at times) glimmers of hope that they can become a good side but with a conveyor belt approach to batsman this side will never become the dominant force we dream them to be.
The future is bleak.....for the love of god please make me eat my words England, please.