• Jason Roy left out with recalls for Sam Curran and Chris Woakes• ‘I know the direction I want to take this team,’ says RootJoe Root said the planning for England’s next Ashes tour to Australia begins right away, after dropping Jason Roy for Thursday’s fifth Test and telling others they are playing for their futures. A shoulder injury to Ben Stokes, who plays as a specialist batsman, has given
England an easy out on the misfiring Roy, with Sam Curran recalled as the team’s all-rounder and Chris Woakes reclaiming the third seamer spot he lost to Craig Overton.
A 2-2 series draw is the best England can achieve but Root wants his players to find personal motivation to end this World Cup-winning summer on a high and give Trevor Bayliss, their much-loved but departing head coach, a good send-off.