Cricket-After test draw, Root pleased England did not panic against Windies

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(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root was disappointed his team could not finish off West Indies on the final day of the first test on Saturday but was hardly going to complain after a winter of discontent. England, under plenty of scrutiny at the best of times, arrived in the Caribbean even more so after a 4-0 Ashes drubbing by Australia. “I’m really proud of the team today, the (whole) week actually,” Root said after the match finished in a draw, England coming up six wickets short of bowling out West Indies in the second innings on the island of Antigua. “From that first hour when we found o…

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