Joe Root urges England to step up and do something special amid adversity

Preparations for the first South Africa Test have been severely disrupted and Jonny Bairstow could be drafted into the XI“We’ll just try to make sure no one goes into the game under the weather” is not the most belligerent battle cry for a leader but that was one of the messages from Joe Root before the first Test at Centurion. “Once more unto the ibuprofen, dear friends, once more” does not work that well, either. But a beleaguered Root has been doing his best to b