07-08-2019 16:51 via theguardian.com

The Ashes: five things England can do to bounce back | Tim de Lisle

Enlist Jofra Archer, limit Joe Root’s options and make better use of Jos Buttler’s brain – how England might turn things roundJoe Root’s England have made a habit of losing one Test in a series. In his collection of home results Root has a 4-1, a 3-1, a 2-1, a 1-1 and now a 0-1. The only visiting team not to get a Test off him are Ireland, who came close. The good news for the England fan, forever fretful, is that each of these home defeats has been followed by a victory.
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