Ashes Quote by Alastair Cook

It's great to retain the Ashes but it just doesn't sit right with me when you don't win it.

— Steve Smith

I think any time you lose an Ashes series, especially with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the pride we have as Australians…

— Ricky Ponting

To be able to say I am an Ashes-winning captain... just hearing those words and saying them myself is pretty special.

— Steve Smith

Everything goes out of the window when you start an Ashes series. It's about grabbing the moment.

— Jonny Bairstow

You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.

— Ben Stokes

As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream of making…

— Jonny Bairstow

Who says we can't win the World Cup and the Ashes in the same year? Oh yes we can. It all goes back to…

— Jonny Bairstow

I want to win the Ashes.

— Jofra Archer

In an Ashes series you have to adapt quickly to the conditions and your rivals. If you don't, you get found out.

— Jonny Bairstow

You're only England captain for a very short space of time.

— Alastair Cook

When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.

— Nasser Hussain

We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

— David Beckham