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| Monty Panesar says England are determined to avoid a whitewash by Australia in the Ashes series. | Monty Panesar says England are determined to avoid a whitewash by Australia in the Ashes series. |
| The England spinner believes his team-mates still have enough spirit to summon a great performance in the final Test in Sydney, starting on 2 January. | The England spinner believes his team-mates still have enough spirit to summon a great performance in the final Test in Sydney, starting on 2 January. |
| He said: "We as a team want to show a good performance in this last Test match and most importantly we don't want a whitewash. | He said: "We as a team want to show a good performance in this last Test match and most importantly we don't want a whitewash. |
| "It's disappointing the way the Ashes have gone but the mood is positive." | "It's disappointing the way the Ashes have gone but the mood is positive." |
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| Australia, currently 4-0 up, are aiming for the first clean-sweep in an Ashes series since 1920-21 but Panesar said England will try everything in their ability to avoid that. | Australia, currently 4-0 up, are aiming for the first clean-sweep in an Ashes series since 1920-21 but Panesar said England will try everything in their ability to avoid that. |
| "It's Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath's last Test match so that is another incentive to do well against legends of the game, but most importantly we don't want to go down five-nil," he said. | "It's Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath's last Test match so that is another incentive to do well against legends of the game, but most importantly we don't want to go down five-nil," he said. |
| "One of England's strengths is we always come back from these sort of situations. As a team we're still very positive, there is still plenty of energy in the camp and we're still upbeat about the next game coming up." | "One of England's strengths is we always come back from these sort of situations. As a team we're still very positive, there is still plenty of energy in the camp and we're still upbeat about the next game coming up." |
| England have yet to finalise their starting XI but are said to be considering playing two spinners at Sydney, with off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple coming into the side alongside Panesar. | England have yet to finalise their starting XI but are said to be considering playing two spinners at Sydney, with off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple coming into the side alongside Panesar. |
| If England do decide to field two spinners it will the first time they have done so in Australia since Eddie Hemmings and Phil Tufnell shared 12 wickets in a drawn match at the SCG in 1991. | If England do decide to field two spinners it will the first time they have done so in Australia since Eddie Hemmings and Phil Tufnell shared 12 wickets in a drawn match at the SCG in 1991. |