Bairstow shook hands with Bancroft after he hit the winning runs DAVID GRAY/REUTERSAustralia took only 68 minutes on the final morning to seal a ten-wicket win and take a 1-0 lead in the Ashes series as England moved to play down a nightclub incident during which Jonny Bairstow is alleged to have headbutted an opponent. Joe Root, the England captain, said that “a mountain has been made out of a molehill” after reports that Cameron Bancroft, the Australia opener, had been headbutted by Bairstow at The Avenue, a bar in Perth, about a month ago on the tour’s opening night. “There is no malice in it,” Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, said. “These guys don’t drink any more or less than any other team I’ve been involved in.”Warner, right, punched the air as Australia took a 1-0 series lead RYAN PIERSE/GETTY IMAGESThe incident came to light after heated discussions between…

Source: The Times November 27, 2017 00:03 UTC