Awesome Quote by Ben Stokes

Standing at the end of your run with the ball in your hand preparing to bowl the first ball of an Ashes series is…

— Glenn McGrath

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

You know there is something a little bit special about an Ashes.

— Glenn McGrath

It's the pinnacle of Australian cricket, playing in an Ashes series.

— Steve Smith

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

When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a huge passion…

— Jonny Bairstow

There is something special about the early stages of an Ashes Test. There is this unique buzz.

— James Anderson

You turn up to an Ashes series and put everything you can into it.

— Joe Root

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

— Steve Smith

You can tell yourself that everything is normal, and try to keep the same routine from every other Test match, but there is always…

— Glenn McGrath

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