Picked the right teamEngland have had a much more balanced team in these past two Tests. As Mike Atherton has written in these pages, it is rarely a good idea to pick five seamers. One nearly always ends up being pretty much redundant and those seamers are less clear about their role. His new-found control allowed Joe Root to use his seam attack in a much more sensible way. Root’s tacticsRoot’s captaincy has been under intense scrutiny but tactically he has vastly improved over…

Source: The Times January 20, 2020 00:11 UTC