Joe Root dismisses talk of ‘regret’ over England dismissals

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Joe Root insisted his England team-mates had no room for regrets after his Sydney century kept the tourists alive in the final Ashes Test.Root was at his virtuoso best as he rapped out 160 on day two at a sold-out SCG, his second ton on Australian soil in the last month following a 12-year wait.

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00:00Do you regret giving one up and giving it away when they could have that for themselves?

00:05I don't think regret is the right word. I think you look at the position we were in in both cases

00:11and they were trying to move the game forward in the right direction.

00:14It's very easy to overanalyse and overlook at certain dismissals and get over frustrated.

00:20Sometimes you just make a mistake and you have to learn from it and make sure you don't make the same mistake again.

00:27That's the art of the game sometimes. It's not being too hard on yourself.

00:31It's not being too soft on yourself. It's being real and understanding what you need to do to get the best out of yourself

00:37and next time you get the chance and opportunity to perform.

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