England’s old heads have the nous to upstage top Aussie trio

By Richard Edwards

Force: Simon Jones proved a big hit in 2005

SIMON JONES is backing England’s old guard to outshine Australia’s young pretenders in the Ashes.
Much of the talk in the build-up to the series has centred on the strength in depth of the Aussie attack, even without the injured James Pattinson.
Mitch Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins will form a formidable pace trio on pitches that should be tailor-made for them.
Jones, though, believes that the experience and nous of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad shouldn’t be under-played, with the pair travelling Do...

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