JOF IS 'HUGE' ASHES ASSET

CRICKET England head coach Brendon McCullum has dubbed this winter's Ashes “the biggest series of our lives”.

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It is still two and a half months until his side line up for the first Test in Perth but there is no escaping the importance of a tour that could define the ‘Bazball' project.

Ordinarily, Sunday's gargantuan 342-run win over South Africa at the Utilita Bowl would be seen exclusively as a bellwether for England's white-ball fortunes. But with Australia on the horizon, it is impossible not to look across formats.