Around Quote by Joe Root

An Ashes series is huge for Australian cricketers - and English cricketers for that matter - and there's always that added pressure.

— Steve Smith

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

— Ben Stokes

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

— Jonny Bairstow

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we'd played a few more Test…

— Isa Guha

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

The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and make it…

— Andrew Flintoff

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

— Glenn McGrath

One-day cricket is about the World Cup and Test cricket is about the Ashes.

— Michael Clarke

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent…

— Ian Botham

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

“The Aussies have spent so much time basking in the glory of the last generation that they have forgotten to plan for this one.…

— Geoffrey Boycott