Root deternined to win in Barbados
England batsman Joe Root feels it's essential that they win the third Test against the West Indies in Barbados if they're to take a positive attitude into the busy Test schedule for the rest of the year.
England won the second Test in Grenada by nine wickets, after drawing the first, and Root wants a two-nil margin, not a drawn series, as they have New Zealand and Australia to overcome in the next few months.
Root told the ECB's website: "We're here to win the series. We played well last week and managed a fantastic victory in Grenada. It would be such a shame for it to stop there.
"We want to go away from this tour 2-0 up and go into the summer with a lot of momentum and take another great victory here in Barbados as well."
Root was one of England's shining lights in Grenada, scoring 182 in one innings, and he's also been one of their better batsmen in a year of up and down results. He's hopeful of that good form continuing.
The Yorkshire batsman continued: "I feel quite good at the minute with the bat when I go out and play. Everything feels quite natural.
"Sometimes it just clicks and you don't really have to think too much about things – hopefully that can continue throughout the summer.
"At the minute everything is going well but you know how quickly it can turn and you've got to try and cash in and make the most of it when you do get little purple patches like this.
"Fingers crossed it is the start of something and not the end of it."
Latest
-
NewsDanny Briggs stars as Warwickshire take edge in title push against Somerset
Ex-Hampshire ace Danny Briggs could have helped take the title away from his old club.
-
NewsEngland will carefully manage ‘warrior’ Katherine Brunt, Heather Knight assures
Brunt, 36, almost single-handedly made a game of the third ODI against New Zealand on Tuesday.
-
NewsThe MCC replaces the word ‘batsman’ with ‘batter’ in the laws of cricket
2017 Wotld Cup winner Alex Hartley has suggested ‘nightwatcher’ should replace ‘nightwatchman’ and ‘third’ should be used instead of ‘third man’.
-
NewsHeather Knight accepts and understands Pakistan tour decision
The England Women captain says the decision was taken out of the team’s hands.
-
NewsNew Zealand keep series alive with three-wicket victory at Leicester
Katherine Brunt impressed for England but the hosts were beaten.
-
NewsBowlers shine as Lancashire bid to land Championship title
Hampshire were dismissed for 143 at Aigburth.
-
NewsECB acted alone in cancelling tour, says Britain’s high commissioner to Pakistan
Christian Turner appeared to distance the political establishment from the decision and insisting he supported the trip.
-
NewsRamiz Raja fears ‘West versus rest’ split in international cricket
The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman was responding to the cancellation of England’s tour next month.
-
NewsSecurity around England Women v NZ third ODI raised after ‘threatening email’
The game, at Leicestershire’s Uptonsteel County Ground, is due to go ahead as planned with a 1pm start.
-
NewsWhat was the safety issue and how has England’s decision gone down in Pakistan?
The ECB has pulled its men’s and women’s teams out of next month’s planned white-ball tour of Pakistan.