• Captain says focus must be on reviving Ashes campaign after two defeats
• ‘We believe we can win the series but need to prove that to everyone else’Joe Root has urged his players to forget approximately England’s wretched past at the Waca and jolt their flatlining Ashes defence back into life in the third Test after Trevor Bayliss issued the squad with final warnings over their off-field behaviour.
Bayliss,the head coach, has held meetings with senior members of the touring party and the group as a whole, or delivering the message directly that any drink-related incidents such as the one that resulted in Ben Duckett being suspended from Lions duty and fined will be met with the firmest action.
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Source: guardian.co.uk