It was the Australian all-rounder, Cameron Green who gave the last blow to England when he kitted out James Anderson, and it resulted in England getting subjected to a prospect of a humiliating whitewash in the ongoing Ashes series in Australia. However, with the third consecutive loss, the future of Joe Root as the Test captain is in serious doubt. Speaking to reporters post-match, Root refused to be drawn on decided on his captaincy his future post-Sydney and Tasmania.

As per the quotes in Mirror, Joe Root said, “The series isn’t over yet. We’ve got two very big games and, more than anything, it’d be wrong to look past that.  I’m in the middle of a very important series. My energy has to be all about trying to win the next game. I can’t be selfish and start thinking about myself.”

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With the public inquest into the latest debacle down under already in full flow, Joe Root also hinted that the manner in which the ECB has been prioritizing limited-overs cricket since 2015, ultimately led to a 50-over World Cup win four years later, had damaged the national side in Test cricket.

Elaborating the same, Joe Root explained, “It’s a big part of where the game is at in our country right now that the only place you can really learn is in the hardest environment for what is quite a young batting group. They’re having to learn out here in the harshest environments. You look back at 2015 and the reset that happened in white-ball cricket, and maybe that’s something that needs to be happening in our red-ball game as well.”

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The fourth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground starts on January 5, with the series finale in Hobart set for January 14. The Australian team is currently having an unassailable 3-0 led in the series as they won the first two Tests and Brisbane and Adelaide.