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So welcome to a special test match special podcast recorded on the day.

The Joe Root has announced his resignation as England captain of 64 tests, series wins,

South Africa away, India at home, two series wins against Sri Lanka, no ashes of course,

but in those 64 tests you won 27 of them which is actually a record and quite remarkably,

I think he's scored 1400s in his time as England's captain.

All that responsibility on his shoulders without much support at the other end.

So I've got Vick Marx with me and I've got Phil Toughnall with me and I'm going to chat

away through first of all I guess that news, ramifications and of course who I guess

might be the person that succeeds him but just an early thought let's start with you

Toughnall. English cricket at the moment, I mean I like him to earlier to like an old tanker,

massive tanker that's just drifting away in the wrong direction.

There's nobody in charge, there's void wherever you look, they've won one of their last 17

test matches and now the captain has gone.

So what a situation for whoever these new personnel are going to be to inherit.

Yeah and I think it needs to be done quickly doesn't it as well because you say it's just drifting

along at the moment and now Joe's stepped down. I think one thing he got to say about Joe that

it never affected his performance is he's gone from strength to strength with the bat, hugely

passionate about the job, loyal to his teammates would do anything for him.

I think looking back he didn't really, I don't think he really sort of got the support really.

I think he was a bit unlucky in a funny sort of way. I mean you say there he's record speaks

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