Derek Pringle suggests Joe Root takes a deeper look at the way county cricket gets England players prepared

The talk that Joe Root’s wretched experience of losing the Ashes will make or break him is facile, though swingeing defeat does empower England’s captain in one respect – he should now get what he wants in terms of producing savvy, talented cricketers as skilled on the green swards of England as the dusty maidans of India.
Root probably won’t want the extra burden, but he has the chance to drive through changes at the England and Wales Cricket Board to ensur...