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Ashes captaincy in Australia? Bring it on again, says Root

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

02-Jan-2018•George Dobell in Sydney

'It's a shame it's taken until now' - Root

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

30-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Melbourne

Cook's masterful 244* builds commanding lead

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

28-Dec-2017•Report by Brydon Coverdale

Cook's drought-breaking hundred puts England on top

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

27-Dec-2017•Report by Brydon Coverdale

Tom Curran's competitive streak behind Test debut - Root

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

25-Dec-2017•George Dobell at the MCG

Joe Root, you've got to listen to Dawid Malan

The England captain repeatedly turns to Broad and Anderson for advice, but it's the aggressive mindset of a newbie that will serve him better

24-Dec-2017•Ian Chappell

England need 'little boy' Root to step up - Ponting

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

23-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Bradman, Headley, Sutcliffe, Pollock… Smith?

There is much of the all-time greats in the Australian captain

19-Dec-2017•Mark Nicholas

'Not a time to panic' - Root

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

18-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Perth

Root en route to rout as captaincy burden starts to show

A rash slash against Nathan Lyon looks to have cost Joe Root his final chance to make an impact with the bat on England's defence of the Ashes

17-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Perth

Root steps in over Anderson coaching comment

Joe Root has defended England's coaching staff after what appeared to be some criticism from James Anderson

13-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Perth

Frustrated Root calls for England to produce 'game of their lives'

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

12-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Perth

The three reasons why Joe Root chose to bowl in Adelaide

And the seven reasons he shouldn't have

10-Dec-2017•Mark Nicholas

Root, Cook, and England's overseas problems

England have floundered overseas in the last five years, and much of it has been due to Alastair Cook's poor form and Joe Root's inability to get hundreds

08-Dec-2017•S Rajesh

Wish Root didn't have captaincy burden - Swann

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

06-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Spectre of the whitewash will test Root's belief

The Ashes currently seem a distant prize for England after they went 2-0 down but the captain believes the team are in a better state than they were four years ago

06-Dec-2017•George Dobell in Adelaide

Root keeps England alive in record chase

England gave themselves a chance of pulling off an unlikely victory with Joe Root anchoring their pursuit of 354 after James Anderson led the way with the ball

05-Dec-2017•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Root thought Stokes with England kit was 'wind up'

Joe Root was as surprised as anyone to see pictures of Ben Stokes at Heathrow on Sunday but accepts there is no point dwelling on the possibility of him returning during the current Ashes series

30-Nov-2017•George Dobell

Root on Smith laughter: 'If that's not motivation, I don't know what is'

While he did not quite say that Australia had crossed a line, Joe Root did suggest they had behaved in a way in which England would not

30-Nov-2017•George Dobell in Adelaide

England's wheels are not off but they're loosened

They couldn't match fire with fire in Brisbane, or spin with spin. And they had no answers for the Steven Smith question

29-Nov-2017•Mark Nicholas

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