"He's apologised, he's taken his punishment and he's desperate to take this team forward. I think he's going to be a brilliant England captain and he's going to do wonderful things in an England shirt, both as a player and as a leader. So I'm fully behind him and want to see him, I suppose, move past it and learn from it and grow as a person and as a captain off the back of it."
"I think Baz [McCullum] is one of the best coaches I've ever worked with. If you look at my own personal game, the time that he's been coach, it's improved tenfold. I think most of the players, if you look individually, all of their games have improved under his tenure as coach. Same with [Jeetan Patel] and [Marcus Trescothick] as batting coach and assistant coach. They've done a lot of really good things for English cricket and will do in the future as well."
Joe Root scored 75 to guide England to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka, ending an away losing streak dating to November 2024. Brendon McCullum became all-format head coach in India and Harry Brook was appointed limited-overs captain in April. McCullum and Brook have faced scrutiny following England's Ashes defeat and Brook's nightclub clash respectively; Brook apologised and received punishment. Root publicly backed Brook's leadership and praised McCullum, Jeetan Patel and Marcus Trescothick for improving individual players' games. Root acknowledged disappointment over the Ashes result but expressed optimism about the group's future progress.
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