Joe Root the frontrunner to step in as England Test captain for Pakistan series
•Joe Root is the leading candidate to become England's Test captain for the upcoming Pakistan series.
•The England & Wales Cricket Board is managing multiple shortlists for a new red-ball coach.
•Root previously captained the team during a Test against New Zealand when Ben Stokes was suspended.
المصدر: The Guardian Sport | Source: The Guardian Sport
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Joe Root is the frontrunner to step in as Test captain for the Pakistan series next month as the process of appointing England’s next men’s red-ball coach grows ever more complicated.
The England & Wales Cricket Board is juggling three shortlists, just over three weeks before the squad assembles for the first of three games against Pakistan. The first is of potential appointments as permanent coach, the second of plausible interims should the process of whittling down the first still be ongoing when the series begins. In the latter case, there would be a third decision to be made over who should captain the side until the coaching question is settled and the most likely option would be Root to step in, just as he did for the recent Test against New Zealand at the Oval when Ben Stokes was in effect suspended for breaking a team curfew.
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