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"Ultimately we have to ask how much worse will England be if Joe Root is no longer the captain? What are we going to miss? We are not going to miss his runs because he will keep scoring those. Are we going to miss his tactics in the middle? No," he wrote in his column in the UK Telegraph.
"I just look at him as a human being. It is hard being England captain. It drains the life out of you. My advice is: do not just carry on because it is the greatest honour of your life to lead your country."Root recently passed Alastair Cook to become England's longest-tenured captain, and has both the most wins and losses as skipper.
But the team has struggled mightily throughout 2021 and 2022. After winning their first three Tests of last year, they've won just one from 17 since, losing 11 and drawing five. "This England side for too long under Joe have been allowed to get away with being weak and lacking resilience," Vaughan said.Root notched over 1700 Test runs last year, in one of the greatest individual calendar years ever - the main issue was that Rory Burns was the only other English bat to outscore 'Extras' by year's end."They have not improved themselves. They have got worse. But Joe takes responsibility for that as captain, he knows that in his own mind.
"Joe has to ask himself if he has the energy to drive himself for the next year and a half. Are the team listening? The evidence suggests not."