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Joe Root ready to fill Ben Stokes void after 'strange summer' as England captain

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Joe Root is out to repay the hard work of his team after being bailed out by their brilliance at Old Trafford. And in the absence of vice-captain Ben Stokes who brings so much to every part of the game, it is perhaps the most senior man of all who can fill the void left behind.

It is all well and good 22-year-old Zak Crawley entering the fray once more as an improving young talent with his career stretched out in front of him and Root saying this is an "opportunity for someone to come in and try to fill those boots." But the captain has scored more than twice as many Test hundreds as the rest of his entire top seven combined so if anyone needs to fill Stokes' boots, it has to be Root.

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