An already bruised England have touched down in enemy territory as The Ashes fast approaches with Jofra Archer leading the vanguard arrivals in Perth ahead of a big summer.

Fresh off a hapless one-day international whitewash in New Zealand, Archer joined fellow quicks in Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue in arriving in the west on Sunday.

The rest of the English squad, many of which are still licking their wounds in New Zealand, will make their arrival this week ahead of a warm-up game at Lilac Hill starting on November 13.

England’s boastful Bazball’s barely made a squeak against the Black Caps after talking up their chances of regaining the Ashes for the first time since 2015 by hitting the Australians off the park.

Harry Brook was only batter to make a century while veteran st

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