Former England coach and batsman David Lloyd has cheekily declared his countrymen can win the Ashes 5-0, but Australian fast bowling great Brett Lee believes the tourists’ only hope is to unleash an all-out pace assault with Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in the same XI.

With less than a month until the first ball of the series in Perth, Lloyd became the latest ex-cricketer to offer a hot take on the highly-anticipated contest.

“I hate predictions … but I’m going to turn into Glenn McGrath. It’s going to be 5-0 England,” Lloyd said on SEN.

“Our guys right now, there’s a real sense that we can do something here. We’ve come over there and lost before. [But] there is a real thought right now that England have a massive chance to win the Ashes in Australia.”

England have never won an Ashes ser

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