Tourists have not won a series outright in England since 2001‘ It feels really different – this group has been really motivated’
Pat Cummins insists Australia feel a strong sense of unfinished business as they strive to cap retaining the Ashes by completing an overdue series success on English soil.
The tourists begin the fifth and final Test with the urn already in the bag after last week’s Old Trafford washout frustrated England. Australia 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.
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