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• Captain wants team to bounce back in fifth Ashes Test
• ‘We do not want to lose the series. It matters to me’
• ‘We do not want to lose the series. It matters to me’
Joe Root vowed to plough on as England’s Test captain as he processed the raw emotion of seeing his side’s bid to regain the Ashes evaporate with the 185-run defeat in Manchester.
Root, 28, has overseen an Ashes defeat away from home in 2017-18 and can only hope to level the current series come Thursday’s fifth Test at the Oval after a defiant rearguard action that ultimately proved in vain.
Written by Ali Martin at Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/08/joe-root-england-australia-ashes-fourth-test under the title “England’s Joe Root says losing hurts but drawing Ashes series is a must”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
