Instead, his lingering annoyance after defeats in the first two Tests has been a sense of having let England and Joe Root down. “I said I was actually two spots too high,” said Moeen, recounting the story at the team hotel on Friday. Moeen said: “You feel like you’ve let the team down and the captain down especially. On the prospect of Thursday’s third Test at the Waca and beyond, he added: “We’ve got three games to put it right. We’ve shown enough fight in this team that we can compete and hopefully get back into this Ashes series.”

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2017 12:17 UTC