Root reads from same old script in latest episode of England’s off-field soap opera | Simon Burnton
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What happened
Captain followed trend of discussing nightclub incidents rather than cricket before the second Test against Pakistan gets under way England won the first game of their last Test series, against New Zealand at Lord’s , but between that match and the second Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were involved in a headline-grabbing incident at a London nightclub. “I’m angry, frustrated at having to sit here and talk through this…
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