Herein lies a lesson for all you county cricketers out there. Your performances do matter. Tremlett and Panesar could easily have been consigned to the dustbin of history. But they got out there, put in consistently good performances - Tremlett in the second division - and now they're going on an Ashes tour. If they can do it, why not you? But seriously, Darren Pattinson, you probably should take that timeshare.
- Are these the 16 men to bring the Ashes (metaphorically speaking) back to England? Ultimately, it's a bit of a moot point. It's individual brilliance - Broad and Botham in 86-87, Tyson in 56-57, Hobbs in 11-12 - that brings urns home, and the onus will be on England's marquee players to perform. To paraphrase Andrew Strauss, though: I am looking forward to this series with enormous anticipation. I'm sure you are too. Tomorrow's paper will have some frankly world-class reaction to the squad announcement, amd we'll have every ball of The Ashes live on this very site. Cheerio.
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