Joe Root still needs to establish himself an identity as England captain | Tim de Lisle

Captaincy at Test match level is a mosaic of a million decisions, and the Yorkshireman seems to get half of them wrongAfter only three Tests, we know what sort of selector Ed Smith is. He disdains convention, favours youth, doesn’t mind a bits-and-pieces player. His style is two-thirds pragmatism, one-third audacity.After 17 Tests, we still don’t know what sort of captain Joe Root is. We have a sense, from his years in the ranks, of his character – smiley, cheeky, easy-going ye