England plot route to Ashes recovery as Mark Wood admits they were ‘hit hard in round one’

Mark Wood has given an insight into the England dressing room after the tourists’ defeat to Australia inside two days in the first Test of the Ashes. Photograph: Philip Brown/Getty Images

Mark Wood has considered driving from Perth to Brisbane – a journey of 2,500 miles (4,000km) over four days – just to fill the extra time created by the chastening start to England’s much-hyped Ashes moonshot.

The fast bowler was among a side left “shellshocked” by the galling batting collapse on the second day at Perth Stadium that allowed Australia to power to a 1-0 series lead through Travis Head’s remarkable 69-ball century.