By Chris Stocks in Perth

ENGLAND arrived in Perth yesterday knowing that their wafer-thin chance of retaining the Ashes rests on them pulling off only their second-ever Test win at the WACA.

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The first came way back in 1978 and that was against an Australian team severely weakened by defections to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket.
History then is stacked against Joe Root’s team, particularly when you take into account England have lost their past seven Tests in Pe...