Overview

• The series begins on November 21 in Perth, with Root saying the goal is winning the Ashes rather than chasing a personal hundred.
• England named a 16-player squad led by Ben Stokes with Harry Brook as vice-captain, listing Jofra Archer and Mark Wood among six seamers and Shoaib Bashir as the lone specialist spinner.
• Root said England can offer Australia “something slightly different,” highlighting the pace threat of Archer and Wood who he believes can blow games open when fully fit.
• In 14 Tests in Australia, Root has 892 runs at 35.68 with nine fifties and a highest score of 89, leaving a century there as the notable gap in his record.
• Root topped England’s scoring on the 2021–22 tour with 322 runs in a 4–0 defeat, and England now seek a first away Ashes series win since 2011.