Ashes Quote by 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

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

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

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

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

— Joe Root

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

— Glenn McGrath

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

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible…

— Robert Downey, Jr

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

— Andrew Flintoff

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

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

— Joe Root