It's The Ashes (again)

[Ted Maul]

And hey, for all the negative nellies, a lot of this squad are pretty old. They only have to deal with this approach for another few years before we go back to boring boring England, and scrapping draws in the Windies before losing the series.

Bowling stock is knocking on but the batting line-up is pretty fresh.

Crawley, Ducket, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow - on current form and given their ages I'd expect all of them to be in or around the team by the time the Australians are next here in 2027.