Do you think Root needs to be brutal and remove players like Cook

Do you think Root needs to be brutal and remove players like Cook, Ali,Vince,Broad and Anderson... Build again with youngsters England could have a rocky 18 months or so in test cricket.

too late ....Cook just got his groove back with a masterful double Ton

Australia captain Steve Smith said of Root: "It took a lot of courage to come out and bat, you could see he was struggling a fair bit, particularly when he was running between wickets.

"He's a tough character so he must have been in a pretty bad way not to come out after the break. You never want to hear that someone's ill, it's not a nice place to be."