Tourists won't fall into trap by engaging in war of words before first Ashes Test No chin music: England's Joe Root. Where is the traditional war of words that usually precedes a Test series? The touring English team has not given the Australians one word of ammunition to throw back at it since it arrived. Maybe it's because the Aussies are still in India completing their series of one-day internationals. Or perhaps it recognises that its 3-0 series victory over the Aussies earlier this year was closer than the scoreline suggests. Opening batsman Joe Root clearly does. "I think it would be wrong to look too much into the last series," he said from the WACA Ground after the visitors' first real training session on Sunday. This is a completely different one and we want to make sure that we don't take anything for granted. We want to come into the series working hard and respecting the opposition. Australia are a good side and we are going to have to play well to win the series. Root was the driving force behind England's comfortable win in the second Test at Lord's, smashing 180 runs in the second innings. It was the one Test England really dominated. For Root, it was easily the highlight of his series, as he managed only one other score over 50 from his other nine innings; granted that was an important 68 in the first innings in the final Test at the Oval. That match was drawn. He scored just 90 runs at an average of 11.37 over his other eight innings, and he hasn't played a Test cricket innings since. So instead of focusing on what the Australians are doing, Root knows he has to focus on his preparation for the first Test, starting in Brisbane on November 21. "I've not had a huge amount of cricket over the last month or so, so just making sure I get core skills into my game and take it from there," he said. I'm pretty relaxed. We've got quite a lot of cricket and time to prepare, so I am going to work really hard with the coaching staff and the rest of the team. England captain Alastair Cook has also been measured with his words since arriving in Perth. But that too could be because he's also concentrating on his form. Apart from Ian Bell (562 runs at an average of 62.44), England's top order struggled for consistency at home earlier this year. Cook scored 277 runs at an average of 27.7; while Jonathan Trott scored 293 and Kevin Pietersen hit 388. The middle order and tail end provided crucial match-winning runs against Australia. To improve those figures, Cook has challenged his team to post scores of 400 in each of its first innings of the series. Root admits success in that challenge could mean success in the series as this team aims to become the first English side since 1890 to win four consecutive Ashes series.