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England<\/a> captain Joe Root<\/a> says he does not want to \u201ccompletely rip everything up\u201d from the Bazball era after becoming Test captain for the second time in his career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 35-year-old took the role on again earlier this week replacing Ben Stokes<\/a>, who stepped down in June as England slid to a series defeat against New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Root, who steps in to a familiar role and has a wealth of experience after captaining England for 65 Tests between 2017 and 2022, is planning to tweak the approach of Stokes and Brendon McCullum<\/a> rather than start from scratch.<\/p>\n

In an interview with ECB<\/a>, he said: \u201cIt\u2019ll be trying to continue some of the good things we have done over that period (since 2022) and not finding ourselves back to where we were before Baz and Ben took over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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REPLACEMENT: Joe Root (left) pictured with Ben Stokes (right) after the Test series defeat against New Zealand.
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\u201cEvolving and tweaking things to get us to where we want to be and really competing against the top nations consistently over a long period of time,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe wrong thing to do would be to completely rip everything up that we\u2019ve done over the last four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much good stuff that Ben and Brendon did and changed the way we look at the game and see the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve benefitted hugely from that as a player so to think we have to start all over again would be wrong. <\/p>\n

\u201dBut there are areas we want to sharpen up a little bit and become a little bit sterner with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last four years is the most fun I\u2019ve had in cricket<\/a> and most of that is down to the way they got me to see the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly the last little while is fresh in everyone\u2019s minds but you\u2019re looking at a four-year period where we did a lot of good things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CHANGE: Joe Root says he wants to tweak the Bazball approach in his second spell as England Test captain.
PICTURE: Ben Whitley\/PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Big reason<\/h2>\n

Root was announced as Test captain on Thursday when Stephen Fleming was named as England new Test head coach following McCullum\u2019s dismissal from the red ball role.<\/p>\n

Root says that Fleming\u2019s appointment was a big reason why Root took up the Test captaincy for a second time.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIf I\u2019m being brutally honest, he was a big reason why I wanted to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited by the way he sees the game and where he sees us sit as a team and the work we have to do to get where we want to get to. <\/p>\n

\u201cVery much looking forward to working with him and looking forward to us building something special together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PARTNERSHIP: Stephen Fleming, England\u2019s new Test head coach, will work with new Test captain Joe Root.
PICTURE: Nick Potts\/PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Re-energised<\/h2>\n

Fleming will not be in charge for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan \u2013 Marcus Trescothick<\/a> will be interim head coach when it gets underway at Headingley<\/a> on August 19. <\/p>\n

Fleming is due to arrive in the UK later in the summer to begin preparations for England\u2019s winter tour to South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Root lost 27 of his 65 Tests and had a win percentage of 41.53 per cent in his first spell as Test captain and stepped down when he felt things got too much for him.<\/p>\n

But he now says he is feeling re-energised ahead of his second stint.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAnyone that says \u2013 in an eight-year period \u2013 that they are the same person, they are probably lying.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly we could\u2019ve been better and performed better but it came to a point where that got a little bit too much for me and it was time to step away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world\u2019s very different. I\u2019m in a different place and feel very energised and excited about the opportunity that lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/em><\/strong> Rob Key would \u2018not be surprised\u2019 if Ben Stokes returned to England Test team<\/a><\/p>\n

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