The Ashes: Joe Root should step down as England captain after debacle in Australia, says Geoffrey Boycott

The Ashes: Geoffrey Boycott mentioned a lot of Joe Root’s selections had been improper, comparable to batting first on a seamer-friendly pitch on the Gabba whereas leaving out James Anderson and Stuart Broad who’ve over 1,100 Test wickets between them. Boycott criticised plenty of Root’s selections made all through the collection. (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAustralia’s commanding victory within the third check by an innings and 14 runs gave the hosts an unassailable 3-0 leadBoycott mentioned Root must cease saying that England are pretty much as good as AustraliaJoe Root should step down as England captain after his group’s meek give up in Melbourne ensured Australia retained the Ashes, former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott mentioned on Tuesday.

Australia’s commanding victory within the third Test by an innings and 14 runs gave the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead within the collection.England had been closely criticised after their second-innings capitulation, with former captain Ian Botham saying he was “embarrassed” to see them lose the Ashes in solely 12 days of Test cricket.”Now Australia are 3-0 up and the Ashes have gone, will Root please stop saying Australia are not much better than us? I don’t mind him living in cuckoo land but stop trying to kid us,” Boycott wrote in his column in The Telegraph.”If he really believes what he says then maybe it is time he gave up the captaincy of the England cricket team. The facts are staring us all in the face, except Joe doesn’t want to see it. England can’t bat. Our bowling is ordinary.”Boycott mentioned a lot of Root’s selections had been improper, comparable to batting first on a seamer-friendly pitch on the Gabba whereas leaving out James Anderson and Stuart Broad who’ve over 1,100 Test wickets between them.”It’s every cricketer’s dream to captain England and Joe has had 59 Test matches to mould and stamp his authority on this set of players. He has had 13 Tests against Australia with only two wins and nine losses,” Boycott mentioned.”Nobody would want to give up the captaincy, but it is not about Joe — it is about getting guys to perform better.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.