Joe Root To Stem The England Test Team

But will holding the England in place prove too much for the cheeky chappy as he faces the axe from the England T20 Squad.

The Yorkshireman seemed to be an easy choice for the board to be the next test skipper even at the young age of 26. After playing 53 matches, scoring a total of 4,594 runs with an average of 52.80 and now coming into his own with the ball, surely Root is the answer to allow England to climb up from 4th in the ICC rankings.

However will Root have a price to pat as it seems that England want to ease the recently crowned captain from the 20 over side, so he can focus on his new role. This is not the only reason why... The board seem to think that he doesn't have the same ability to clear the rope as some of the other big hitters in the side.

With the World ICC T20 tournament still a hefty 3 years away the viking is still determind to fight for his spot in the short format of the game.

" I will continue to look to improve that side of my cricket. There are definitely areas I will continue to work on in terms of power and clearing the ropes"

" But over a relatively short international career I've found ways of adapting and developing different ways of scoring runs quickly. I don't see why I won't be able to do that in the future as well."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-4488812/England-s-Joe-Root-ready-fight-Twenty20-place.html

So what do we think? Should the future legend concentrate on his captaincy, as stress has proven too much for many a captain of the years, or is he the bright future for all formats of the game.