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Namibia: England face daunting task to break Ashes drought in Australia – Sport

Namibia: England face daunting task to break Ashes drought in Australia – Sport

Africa Links 24 with AFP
Published on 2025-11-19 20:47:18

Arch-rivals Australia and England resume Ashes hostilities on Friday in Perth with the hosts weakened by injuries but favourites to inflict more pain on a side with a dire record Down Under.

The highly anticipated five-Test series gets under way on a fast, bouncy track at a sold-out Perth Stadium and with Ben Stokes’s visitors insisting they are not scarred by past failures.

It has been 15 years since England last clinched an away Ashes series and since then they have failed to win…

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