Root is a "very excited" as Key insists England have 'not wasted summer'

from Test Match Special · host BBC Radio 5 Live

England's new captain Joe Root speaks to Henry Moeran about being England Test captain once again. England's director of men's cricket Rob Key speaks to Henry Moeran just twenty-four hours after appointing Stephen Fleming as Test coach and Joe Root as captain.Former England Test batter Dawid Malan and 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley discuss Key's interview and ask whether England have wasted their Test summer so far.Plus, hear from Chris Jordan who played under Fleming at both Southern Brave in the Hundred and Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and former New Zealand team mate and coaching contemporary Shane Bond.

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