Joe Root must look at giving the England captaincy to let him regain his very best batting form after a disappointing Ashes, based on former Test batsman Rob Key.
Root was outside for a duck by accepting a 2-1 series lead with a success in the first Test until Australia retained the Ashes to the third time in as many matches.
Despite having managed England’s first failure to win a home Ashes series since 2001, Root said that he”definitely” stays the perfect person to lead the negative forward, beginning with the fifth and final Test at the Oval on Thursday.
“At some stage, Joe Root has got to work out if the captaincy impacts his match,” Key told Sky Sports News. “Forget the side and everything else. ‘Can I be successful and play as a batsman and a priest as I have been in the past?’
“I think his ordinary before he was captain was 50 and it has since dropped down to 40. This is what he has to answer, although that might be just due to conditions – and only he can answer that.
“Whenever you request any sportsperson that query about if they would like to carry on, they are always likely to say’yes’ straight away, otherwise it’s just like giving up – and – sportspeople don’t like giving up. But at some stage, Joe Root will have to sit and actually think about if he would like to continue and when he could function as batsman he wants to be as a priest.”
Root has 30.87 runs throughout the series, a figure significantly below his career mark of 48.03, although the astonishing form of Australia’s Steve Smith has further emphasised the England captain’s battles.
The weakness of England’s top-order batting forced Root to promote himself a place from his preferred No. 4 place at the beginning of the show, making him frequently exposed to a brand new ball at the hands of Australia’s exceptionally notable quick bowling lineup.
Root England team-mate Jonathan Trott considers that responsibility to the defeat must be shared, and there are a shortage of viable alternatives to substitute the 28-year-old.
“I would like to see him remain in the role,” Trott told Sky Sports News. “I believe there is no better choice from the England side to be captain. I believe he is a natural choice.
“I believe he has looked really very great sometimes in this sequence. He has some amazing deliveries and he’ll be hurting a bit with respect to not having the capability to perform the job and get those Ashes back, however it’s a team effort – it is not only down to the captain if he moves on with the bat. It’s up to everyone.
“I presume he’s the perfect guy for the job. If he would like to continue to accomplish this, I had definitely him back.”
