Not so much roaring into the 20s as slinking.

We all love The Ashes but we’ve not won Down Under an awful lot in my lifetime. I turned on my Christmas present of a radio on Boxing Day 1986 to hear that Botham and Small had both taken five apiece. Happy Days. I think the next high point was when I watched KP on TV (C4) tonking it about in 2005. Big gap. Big shame.

There must be people out there who have followed the England team, and chosen 86/87 and 10/11 as tours to follow. I would not only like to go to the Casino with them, but listen to their share tips and and horses to back.

What do we take from a tour like that? Here are a list of one word / short rhetorical questions :

Foakes?

Selection?

Training in Aus?

Blame Covid?

Win or lose, I still love listening to TMS.