A drawn Ashes series with the architects of ‘Bazball’ before parochial England crowds was certainly something to write home about, as well.

Source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/11/19/pat-cummins-believes-the-world-cup-final-will-cap-off-a-career-defining-year-for-the-australian-cricket-team/

Australia have withstood another extraordinary Ben Stokes onslaught, and a furious crowd at Lord's, to take a 2-0 Ashes series lead, taking the second…

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Next week the skipper, who starred in the drawn 2019 Ashes series, will lead his men in the first test against archrival Australia at Edgbaston.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/06/10/more-sports/cricket-2/stokes-ashes-beyond-cricket/

One of his finest achievements on the cricket pitch is scoring centuries in three consecutive Tests in the 1986/97 Ashes series in Australia.

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That said, I hope the Ashes series goes all the way to the Fifth and final Test at the Oval here in London and that Ben Stokes finds a way to defeat the genuinely competitive Aussies.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/19/letter-from-london-a-razors-edge/

The next Ashes series won't take place until December into January of 2025, 2026 Down Under, with Stokes no doubt eyeing up a first win in five.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/other-sports/ashes-nightclub-ben-stokes-england-30602800

To this day, a whiff of class hatred hangs over the Ashes series.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/england-vs-australia-cricket-the-ashes-2023/674651/?utm_source=feed

We won’t change anything we’ve done over the last year just because we’re coming into an Ashes series.

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