An England team led by captain Ben Stokes will head down under this winter with the objective of winning The Ashes in Australia for the first time since 2010-11.

In fact, England have not had their hands on the urn since they claimed a 3-2 victory over Michael Clarke's Australia on home soil in 2015.

Australia eased to a 4-0 win in the last series down under in 2021-22, before they drew 2-2 in England to retain the Ashes in 2023.

This is undoubtedly the biggest series of Brendon McCullum's tenure as England head coach, with the result set to determine the success of the Bazball philosophy that he has brought to the side since his appointment in 2022.

England will warm up for the series with a three-day warm-up game against the England Lions from November 13, before the real act

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