Photo via Hindustan Times

‘In chaos, you learn a lot’: Joe Root looks to improve more after 3-0 trouncing of Pakistan in Test series

England concluded their home summer on a triumphant note, sealing a 3-0 clean sweep over Pakistan on Saturday at Edgbaston under returning skipper Joe Root. The commanding outcome followed an extraordinarily turbulent stretch that started with an Ashes defeat earlier in the year and extended into a 2-1 series loss to New Zealand.

That earlier clash saw Ben Stokes step away from cricket mid-series, preceded by a nightclub incident alongside Gus Atkinson after opening-match success, as well as a narrow escape from a hazardous training mishap at Durham. The turmoil deepened further when head coach Brendon McCullum was dismissed, and Brydon Carse was dropped from the squad following an arrest shortly before the second Test.