England players Alastair Cook, left, Toby Rowland-Jones, back, Liam Dawson, second back, Jonny Bairstow, second front, and Stuart Broad, bottom, play football during the nets session at Lord's on Wednesday. Nigel French / Press Association
England players Alastair Cook, left, Toby Rowland-Jones, back, Liam Dawson, second back, Jonny Bairstow, second front, and Stuart Broad, bottom, play football during the nets session at Lord's on WednShow more

Cricket

Joe Root's captaincy and other talking points ahead of first England-South Africa cricket Test

Ahead of the first Test, which starts at Lord's in London on Thursday, here are some of the talking points before the series opener.

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July 05, 2017