That’s just shy of £900 a pop, given he does not bat and is a bit slapstick in the field. You wonder whether Test cricket, still the big beast in England at least, might be subsidising its younger sibling in the meantime. View image in fullscreen Joe Root will hope that the new England head coach, Stephen Fleming, will shoulder a significant part of the leadership load. Root’s runs were not the issue even as the team malfunctioned at the end of his previous spell in charge. In theory he should cover off Root’s past shortcomings and perhaps lighten the load in terms of man management.