- England and Australia players will greet each other before play
- Root and Trevor Bayliss were not asked about ritual’s inclusion
Joe Root has been left frustrated at discovering pre-match player handshakes are listed among the events before the Ashes opener on Thursday despite not being consulted.
Tim Paine, the Australia captain, has looked to bring in the football‑inspired goodwill ritual at the start of every Test series his side play as a way of rebuilding their image after the ball‑tampering scandal in South Africa last year. But Root and Trevor Bayliss, the England captain and head coach respectively, are understood to have been surprised during a meeting on Wednesday with Ranjan Madugalle, the International Cricket Council match referee, when they saw it on the running order agreed by the two countries without being asked formally.
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