'Silly' to change England management - Root

Joe Root says the England players are "absolutely committed" to the team's management and it would be "silly" to make changes following the Ashes series defeat.

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Joe Root has played 17 previous Tests in Australia without winning.

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Captain Ben Stokes, head coach Brendon McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key have all come under pressure after the series in Australia was lost with defeats in the first three Tests.

But England won the fourth Test - a two-dayer in Melbourne - to end an 18-match winless streak down under dating back to 2011.

All of Stokes, McCullum and Key have expressed a desire to stay on after the Ashes and their cases would be strengthened by another win in the fifth Test in Sydney, starting next Sunday (23:30 GMT, Saturday).

"In terms of the playing group, we're absolutely committed to the management," said batter Root, England's all-time leading Test run-scorer.

"Yes, we can be better and there are certain areas that we'll continue to keep working at, but that management work extremely hard.

"They might do things in a slightly different way, but I think we've made great strides as a group and a big reason for it is because of the guys we have behind us."