‘Be adults’: Joe Root gets rid of England Test team’s midnight curfew

‘I don’t think they work,’ says returning Test captain Root takes charge for three-match Pakistan series Joe Root has abolished the midnight curfew for his England Test side, telling his players to “be adults” after a string of late-night incidents. A curfew was imposed on the England men’s teams after their Ashes defeat in the winter, when the on-field action was overshadowed by players’ behaviour off it. Most notably there was Harry Brook’s altercation with a nightclub bouncer on the eve…