The Ashes - Can England end the drought in Australia? - video Dailymotion

The best stats ahead of the 2025-26 Ashes series as Australia and England gear up for the first Test in Perth

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00:00We don't like to, you know, get into too much of a war of words, I suppose.

00:04Just let our skills take over.

00:06Historically, everyone in the cricketing world watches the Ashes.

00:09It's the tradition, it's the competition, you know that it's all flat out.

00:20In the past, when Joe Root's been captain, you always want to try and, I don't know,

00:24take down the, not take down, but you want to make sure they have as little impact as you can.

00:29Obviously England have got quite a few good batters that we'll be looking to do that too,

00:32but yeah, hopefully we can keep Joe Root and the guys through the middle order are pretty quiet.

00:49I'm being careful of my language here and it's important that,

00:52because I know there's been some tears down in Australia about the language that's being used.

00:58I think this is England's best opportunity to win an away Ashes series for 15 years.

01:03And that's not me saying that England are going to go down there and win 5-0.

01:06This is the time where I see England having their best opportunity to win that Ashes down under,

01:12which is something I'm excited about.

01:14Yeah, I don't like to buy into too much of that stuff.

01:19You know, I just like to go about my business and, you know, I think that's us as a team,

01:24as well, we don't like to get into too much of a war of words.

01:29I suppose.

01:30Yeah, I don't like to buy into too much of that stuff.

01:32You know, I just like to go about my business and, you know, I think that's us as a team as well.

01:49We don't like to, you know, get into too much of a war of words, I suppose.

02:16I'll go back to Smitty when we get over there and see what he wants from me.

02:19You know, he's captain, so I'll let him run the show how he wants.

02:21And if I can help out where I can, you know, with him or specifically maybe with the bowlers, I will.

02:26And then I'll obviously work on my own preparation as well.

02:28It's one of those ifs, big ifs.

02:30If England bowlers stay fit, which they're not, it doesn't happen very often,

02:35but if they can stay fit and the captain can play a full part,

02:39then I think England's got a real challenge.

02:41It's been a big part of what's going on for them.