Former captain Joe Root says England 'arguably' should not have gone on the last Ashes tour of Australia, amid Covid restrictions.
Former captain Joe Root says England "arguably" should not have gone on the last Ashes tour of Australia, amid Covid restrictions.
"Thinking of Covid, it was about keeping the lights on last time we went," said Root, 33. "Arguably we shouldn’t have gone last time, should we in retrospect?"Former England pace bowler Stuart Broad later said he classed the last Ashes series down under as "void", with Australia seamer Mitchell Starc responding by questioning if the conditions were an "excuse" for the tourists' heavy loss.
"You need all your bowlers fit and firing, and the guys in good form scoring runs, so that's what we've got to build towards over the next couple of years." Out have gone Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach and Ollie Robinson, while England's all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson played his last Test at Lord’s.
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