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would expect blood on the carpet after the Ashes were lost in three straight defeats — whatever happens in Melbourne and Sydney. But a number of circumstances, including the return to form of Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook, have combined to make it unlikely there will be any significant changes. Even having separate England coaches for white-ball cricket, where Trevor Bayliss has excelled, and red ball, in which he hasn’t, isn’t being considered by the ECB.