Q&A on Joe Root’s England
The team are coming off a hugely successful tour of Sri Lanka.
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England leave Sri Lanka with a 3-0 Test series whitewash in the bank, to go with wins in the ODI and T20 formats.
After ending 2018 on a major high Press Association looks ahead to what next year brings.
How historic was the ‘historic’ win clean sweep in the Test matches?
There’s no escaping the statistical scale of the achievement. In series of three or more games, England had not completed a whitewash anywhere since besting India on home soil in 2011 and had only twice completed full-house victories overseas in their history. One of those came in the 19th century in South Africa, while the most recent came in New Zealand in 1963.
What were the biggest takeaways?
How close are we to sorting out the top three?
What are the aims for 2019?
