• ‘We’ve got a chance as a group to go out there and front up’ • ‘Lads are still feeling positive’ despite trailing 2-0 in AshesJonny Bairstow accepts England’s players have let down their captain, Joe Root, and must rebuild public trust by delivering on the field during the remainder of the Ashes series. England insist their investigation into events has concluded, with no further action to be taken against others present that night. You’ve got to go out and win games and that starts at training and then in the Test. There is a feeling among the squad that the delay in exonerating Bairstow and the curfew which then resulted was an error. The time we start worrying about them is the time when we’re not thinking about our own backyard enough.

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2017 18:00 UTC