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Alastair Cook insists England are fully aware they will need to be on top of their game “to do something special” in Australia this winter.

Cook’s men will head Down Under chasing a fourth successive Ashes series victory, a feat last achieved in 1890 under the leadership of the great W.G. Grace.

“What is in front of us is the opportunity to play well and to do something special and to win four in a row, which hasn’t been done for a very long time, and as a side you want to be involved in that sort of thing,” he told ecb.co.uk. Continue reading “Cook Braced for Fierce Ashes Battle”