In the past 50 years, no Englishman has achieved what captain Ben Stokes has been tasked with over the coming months – regaining the Ashes in Australia.

While Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting and Andrew Strauss have all captained England to away success Down Under over the past half-century, each of those three triumphs came after a home Ashes win in the previous series.

It's not since the weather-affected 1970/71 series that Australia hosted as reigning champions and failed to retain the urn, while England have not won a Test - let alone a series - against their rivals on away soil in nearly 15 years.

England have won just six of their last 46 Tests in Australia - half of which came in their 2010/11 victory - with the last three away Ashes series resulting in two 4-0 drubbings and a 5-0 whi

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