Steven Finn knows better than most the highs and lows of Ashes cricket.

A member of the only England squad to win Down Under since 1987, Finn was sent home from the next Australia tour and branded ‘not selectable’ by his own coach.

Run-up issues and a traumatic crisis of confidence threatened to end Finn’s international career but he worked tirelessly to return and helped England regain the Ashes in 2015.

Ben Stokes’ side will have to show similar determination over the next two months as they bid to overcome one of cricket’s biggest tests – winning an Ashes series in Australia.

‘When you step off the plane, you get the feeling it’s not just you against the Australian cricket team but you against the whole country’, said Finn, who played the first three Tests of England’s histori

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