Early Quote by James Anderson

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

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

— Glenn McGrath

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 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

A lot of the things we do in Test cricket revolves around planning for the Ashes series down under.

— Joe Root

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

— Jonny Bairstow

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

Big wins in the first Test of an Ashes series polarise everything moving forward.

— Glenn McGrath

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

— Joe Root

Every time you're involved in an Ashes series, as soon as it finishes at the back of your mind you start thinking about the…

— Joe Root

The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.

— Andrew Flintoff

The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.

— Ben Stokes