Overview
- The former Australia captain predicted Root will score his first Test hundred on Australian soil during the upcoming series.
- He cited 12–18 months of work to remove technical flaws that Australian pace and extra bounce previously exploited.
- Root has 892 runs at an average of 35.68 from 14 Ashes Tests in Australia, with a highest score of 89 and nine fifties.
- The five-Test series begins in Perth on November 21, with the final Test scheduled to start on January 4.
- The series carries World Test Championship implications and offers England a chance to end a winless run in Australia dating to 2010–11.