Jacob Bethell declared himself ready to take a potential Ashes opportunity after experiencing the "addictive feeling" of scoring his first professional hundred in England's record 342-run thrashing of South Africa .

Bethell, who turns 22 next month, became England's second-youngest centurion in men's ODIs in Southampton on Sunday and has already played four Tests, scoring three half-centuries. Barring injury or a late change of heart, Bethell will head to Australia in November as England's spare batter but hopes he can push his case for selection through his white-ball performances.

His performances at No. 3 in his maiden Test series in New Zealand put serious pressure on Ollie Pope's position ahead of the English summer, but he was unavailable to play Zimbabwe while at the IPL an

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