Second Test, day two: New Zealand 391; England 222-6 Debutant Jordan Cox left to shepherd hosts’ tail Second Test, day two: New Zealand 391; England 222-6 Debutant Jordan Cox left to shepherd hosts’ tail For all that the job wore him down over a five-year period, Joe Root was only ever going to say yes when England found themselves needing a sensible stand-in captain in the wake of Ben Stokes and that late night after Lord’s . But there will surely have been a few doubts in Root’s mind when the