The 2023 Ashes is the latest instalment in the memorable tussle between the old rivals and perhaps one of the most unpredictable in recent times.
The tourists arrive as World Test Championship finalists and in possession of the urn following the thumping 4-0 success Down Under in 2021-22.
England look refreshingly free from the scars of that trip, having made a clean break under the progressive leadership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. With 11 wins from their last 13 Tests, there will be no sense of inferiority in the home dressing room.
Here, PA news agency looks at three of the best Ashes series on English soil that stand as the bar to clear.
The Invincibles
1948: England 0 Australia 4
The rollercoaster of ‘Botham’s Ashes’
1981: England 3 Australia 1
Vaughan’s men end the drought
2005: England 2 Australia 1
