Only once a side has come back from a situation of 0-2 down to win an Ashes series and it happened with Australia under the watch of Sir Don Bradman and no wonder the current England skipper Joe Root finds the situation a point of ultimate motivation for his side having lost both the Tests of the series.
He has put his weight behind his teammates to respond to the situation of now or never in the ongoing Ashes series but not before coming hard at his teammates for their inability to learn quickly from their mistakes and repeating their errors far too often.
"I expect them to (respond). We've got three games, three massive games with the Ashes on the line now and if that's not motivation enough to go out there and put performances in, then I don't know what is,” Joe Root said.
England were lamented for bowling too short and not making the best use of the Pink ball in the Day-Night Test and Root too was not pleased with England pacers. He let his displeasure and disapproval be known to the public in the post-match presentation and press conference but also hoped his side will respond to their downward curve in the series.