Joe Root was a disappointed captain as England suffered a humiliating 275-run defeat in the Adelaide Test against Australia to concede a 2-0 lead in the ongoing Ashes series.

Chasing 468 to win, the visitors got bowled out for a 192 on the final day. It was another abysmal batting display from the English team as no batter managed to hit fifty. While Jos Buttler (26 off 207 balls) and Chris Woakes (44 off 97 balls) showed some resistance in the fourth innings, it wasn’t enough for England to avoid a thrashing.

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Speaking after the game, Root admitted that they weren’t good enough with the ball either as the hosts piled up a massive 473/9 (declared) in the first innings and 230/9 (declared) in the second essay.

“When we look at ball in hand, I don't think we bowled the right lengths, we needed to bowl fuller. As soon as we did that in the second innings, we made it harder for them. It’s disappointing because we made the same mistakes that we made four years ago,” the England skipper said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“We could have bowled better and should have batted better. We have to be (confident) about turning things around. I’m confident that we have all that we need to win here. Just need to stop repeating the same mistakes,” he added.

Root feels his batters need to manage certain passages of play in a better way to bounce back in the series.

“We have to get through that first 20 minutes and then go greedy, need to leave better as well. Need to also manage certain passages of play better. Certainly capable of it. Yes, that's the attitude (Buttler's defiance) we needed to harness through the whole game. I feel we competed in patches, but we need to fight the whole game. That’s what is needed to win here. The attitude today was brilliant. We just need to do more of it. I expect us to have that mentality for the rest of the series.”

Joe Root was hit in his abdomen from a Mitchell Starc delivery on Day 4 of the Day-Night Test. He continued batting despite being in the pain and got out after scoring 24.

Providing an update on his injury, Root said: “I am fine. It was rough day (yesterday), feel a bit better today.”

(With Cricbuzz inputs)