: Feel sorry for Joe Root: Alastair Cook says England are ‘chasing their tail’ with rotation policy #IndiaNEWS Alastair Cook has expressed sympathy for Joe Root, his successor as England’s Test

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Feel sorry for Joe Root: Alastair Cook says England are ‘chasing their tail’ with rotation policy #IndiaNEWS
Alastair Cook has expressed sympathy for Joe Root, his successor as England’s Test captain, over a rotation policy he believes has left the current side “chasing their tail�.Several key players have been deliberately omitted from the eight Tests that England have played so far this year, meaning Root has repeatedly been denied his strongest XI.The England and Wales Cricket Board have defended the system as a sensible response to the peculiar pressures of prolonged periods in the bio-secure bubbles needed for the international game to continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.But with wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler having missed five Tests in a row, partly also as a result of his Indian Premier League commitments, many have questioned the policy’s implementation, if not the motives behind it amid accusations it has been skewed in favour of white-ball cricket.England went 1-0 up away to India in February after a victory in Chennai – Buttler’s last Test.But they lost that series 3-1 and this month saw their seven-year run without a home Test series defeat end after New Zealand won a two-match campaign 1-0, with a draw at Lord’s followed by an eight-wicket defeat at Edgbaston.Injuries to fast bowler Jofra Archer and all-rounder Ben Stokes have been compounded by rest breaks...Read more

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