Ashes Quote by Steve Smith

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

I want to win the Ashes.

— Jofra Archer

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

It's tough to take, losing the Ashes. It's bitterly disappointing.

— Joe Root

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

— Jonny Bairstow

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

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

— Andrew Flintoff

Who says we can't win the World Cup and the Ashes in the same year? Oh yes we can. It all goes back to…

— Jonny Bairstow

When you step out of the team environment you think, 'Wow, I'm England captain and we've just won the Ashes.'

— Alastair Cook

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

— Martial

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

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