“It feels really different here, this group has been really motivated to win the series. “I felt like that was a big exclamation mark on the end of that series with still one Test match to play. “That Manchester (in 2019) was a big win to retain the Ashes, which we hadn’t done for a long time off the back of Headingley, even Lord’s, where we probably missed a trick last series. “I think the good thing is that it’s a really similar group to 2019,” he said. The tourists begin the fifth and final Test with the urn already in the bag after last week’s Old Trafford washout frustrated England.Īustralia have not won a series outright in England since 2001 and blew the chance to do so four years ago after paying the price for some over-exuberant celebrations ahead of their last visit to the Kia Oval, when they also held a 2-1 lead.Ĭaptain Cummins believes the circumstances are completely different this time around and says his side are determined to end the 22-year wait. Pat Cummins insists Australia feel a strong sense of unfinished business as they bid to cap retaining the Ashes by completing an overdue series success on English soil.
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