Derek Pringle identifies some encouraging aspects of the upcoming tour even as the hyperbole is hyped up Down Under

If there is a crumb of comfort for Joe Root’s England this winter in Australia, short of Ben Stokes being exonerated of all charges because his fisticuffs defused a hidden terror plot, it is that the Aussies seem to be in as much disarray as them.
Usually so harmonious in the buildup to an Ashes series, especially in their singing from the same hymn sheet, their crowing has been dissonant even contradictory, two un-Australian traits when it comes to taking on the Poms...