UNCHANGED ENGLAND MO FOR IT AGAIN

ENGLAND are keen to ask the same players to fire up again at Lord's in their bid to square the Ashes series at the first chance.

- DEAN WILSON

There are no regrets over the team they picked for the opener with the narrow margin of defeat seen as a vindication of the method those players used.

The pace bowlers will need to rest up before being assessed for action on Monday with Mark Wood primed and ready to go should there be any doubts.

While the gap before the next Test on Wednesday means Moeen Ali has a good chance his spinning finger will heal well enough for him to continue.