Ashes Quote by Simon Barnes

Losing the Ashes was intense and emotional. My personal lack of results and contribution through that series played havoc in my mind.

— Adam Gilchrist

At a personal level, doing well in the Ashes and winning it was a high.

— Isa Guha

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

— Andrew Flintoff

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

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

— Jonny Bairstow

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

— Ben Stokes

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

— Glenn McGrath

That '05 Ashes and where that then took me personally for the next 12-18 months was the toughest point of my career.

— Adam Gilchrist

I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I set out…

— Duncan Fletcher

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

— Glenn McGrath

I can remember that 2005 Ashes as a kid and being really absorbed in that whole series at 14 years old. It was magical.

— Joe Root

I don't mind a bit of cricket, but it has to be something massive like the Ashes.

— Jamie Carragher