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A shattering spell of reverse swing by Tom Curran foiled Australia's chase of a modest total as England took the one-day series 4-1

England players have so far enjoyed mixed results on the first day of the IPL mega auction in Bangalore

Joe Root has been withdrawn from England's T20 squad in Australia and New Zealand next month, as he prepares to enter the IPL auction

England's spinners - including Joe Root - played a starring role to help set-up victory before half-centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales launched the chase

Jason Roy surpassed Alex Hales' mark for England highest ODI innings in the highest successful chase at the MCG

Test captain turned down Trevor Bayliss' offer of rest and could put name forward for IPL auction on January 27-28

It was another bruising Ashes campaign down under for England who had moments in each of the five Tests they couldn't take advantage of. Have any players left with enhanced reputations and who is looking over their shoulder?

Joe Root, the England captain, was admitted to hospital in Sydney, suffering from severe dehydration

Stokes once again selected, subject to police investigation, as Moeen and Bairstow are rested after Ashes

It was as if this day was a microcosm of England's batting throughout their whole disappointing Ashes tour as they let a promising position slip

Tired, drawn and stung by defeat, Joe Root is adamant he would love another crack at the England captaincy in Australia in four years' time

There was no victory for England, but Joe Root could at least take consolation from a side that had finally competed with Australia

Alastair Cook scored his fifth Test double century and added 100 for the ninth-wicket with Stuart Broad as England seized control of the fourth Test

Alastair Cook scored his first Ashes hundred since January 2011 to back up excellent work from England's pace attack on a day where the visitors dominated

The 22-year-old bowler will replace the injured Craig Overton and will make his debut in the Boxing Day Test in front of a first-day crowd that could exceed 90,000

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has suggested that the England dressing room is "soft" and Joe Root has looked like "a little boy" in charge of the side

A downcast Joe Root suggested that England's senior players still have a role to play in the future after England surrendered their hold on the Ashes in an innings-and-41-run defeat

Joe Root has called on his England team to 'stand up and be counted' ahead of 'one of the biggest games of our lives'

Joe Root's conversion rate of fifties into hundreds remains in the spotlight after his early dismissal on the final day in Adelaide