Perth (Australia) (AFP) - England, battered from their latest off-field booze-related scandal, will try to cling on to the Ashes urn at a venue where they haven't won since 1978 in Thursday's third Test.

Perth (Australia) (AFP) - England have named an unchanged side for the third Ashes Test starting at the WACA Ground in Perth on Thursday.

PERTH (Reuters) - England captain Joe Root sought to draw a line under the litany of off-field incidents that have dogged the team throughout the Ashes on Wednesday, even as a senior player admitted they would continue to haunt the side during the third test in Perth.

England cricket team, 2-0 down in The Ashes, have a poor record at the WACA in Perth. Australia have won their last seven matches at WACA.

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - England's hopes of clawing their way back into an Ashes series fast slipping from their grip will be put to the ultimate test at the WACA where the tourists have won only once in nearly 50 years.