Ben Duckett believes England will start the Ashes series without much "baggage" and said that the team's aggressive approach to Test cricket is evolving beyond what has sometimes been perceived as reckless.

Duckett is one of 11 players in England's squad who have yet to play Test cricket in Australia while the average age is 28 compared to the home side's 33. The players have been greeted in Perth by a series of comical headlines from the local newspaper but Duckett said they have been warmly welcomed.

"This group we've got, I actually saw the other day I'm the fourth oldest, which was tough to see," Duckett told the Willow Talk podcast. "So we've got quite a fresh group coming here where there's not a lot of baggage, which I think will help us."

Since his Test recall in 2022, D

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