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The Cricket Collective - Who should deputise for Joe Root?

Jon Norman is joined by double Ashes winner Steve Harmison as they discuss England's captain conundrum. They debate who should stand-in for Joe Root as and when he leaves the camp this summer, and are also joined by the former Surrey captain Mark Butcher, and the Sussex captain Ben Brown.

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