I feel the need, the need for speed

HARMISON: WE'VE GOT TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE AGAINST AUSSIES

- MIKE WALTERS

ASHES legend Steve Harmison can't wait for England to land in Australia with a cast of fast bowlers whose top speeds read like a ransom note.

And Harmison, a ringleader of the Fab Four pace attack who regained the sacred urn in 2005 (with Andrew Flintoff, above), would unleash Mark Wood (97.1mph), Jofra Archer (95.7mph) and Brydon Carse (91mph) on Perth's coconut shy in November - if they are fit.

Grievous Bodily But after England needed 209 overs of footslog to take 20 wickets in the first Test thriller against India at Headingley, the Ashington speed demon warned there should be no rush to recall Archer after a four-year absence. Archer, who won the last of his Test caps against India back in 2021, has just completed his first red-ball game in four years for Sussex.