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Sport’s

back-page

story on

Sunday’s

mayhem in

Germany

MY COUNTRY

NEEDS ME

..AT NO.3

Selfless skipper puts his team

first by moving up batting order

the chance to bed in as an opener,

where he started his Test career against

Ireland. England Test skipper Root had

moved himself to his preferred position

of four when he took over the reins

from Alastair Cook in 2017. And his

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JOE ROOT will bat at three in the

Ashes after deciding that he needed to

step up and take one for the team.

Root has told management he will

move up to strengthen the fragile top

order that has been England’s Achilles

heel for far too long.

It means Joe Denly is set to slip one

place down to No4 to give Jason Roy

SICKENING

LEWIS BEGGED INSULTING

TEAM TO LET

HIM QUIT RACE

Toshack’s withering attack on

Bale as he sits out Madrid trip

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out Gareth, do an interview, speak

yourself,” said Toshack. “You’ve

been there for six or seven years

and you don’t speak the language.

“That’s an insult to the people

you’re working for. You

try and you learn the

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GARETH BALE has been hit with a

blistering attack from a “sickened”

John Toshack over the collapse of

his £1million-a-week move to

China.

Former Real Madrid and Wales

manager Toshack criticised Bale

for being “vague” and said it

was an “insult” that he had not

learned to speak Spanish. “Come

BIT RICH:

Bale has

been

blasted by

his fellow

Welshman

Toshack,

below right

From Darren Lewis in Munich

AND

‘RETIRE THE CAR PLEASE’: PAGE 54

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By Dean Wilson

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CALL OF DUTY:

Root has made

a big decision

ahead of

Thursday’s first

Ashes Test