The TCP Ashes team: Our writers will be following England’s quest Down Under to keep the Urn. Here are their early predictions…

Chris Stocks
Neither team is the finished article, with Australia’s own batting problems and the loss of James Pattinson for the series big issues for Steve Smith’s men. However, home advantage counts for so much and it looks very tough without Ben Stokes. This could have been close and, if two of Joe Root, Alastair Cook, James Anderson and Stuart Broad have stellar series, there is a chance it could still be. But that’s a big &lsq...