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Quite a few of England's players over the years have been born outside England. Do you know where?

ESPNcricinfo looks at the six things England need to do at Edgbaston if they are to take a lead in the Investec Ashes series

Can a cricket team "bounce back" from a defeat by a margin of 405 runs? Logic and history suggest not

Stats preview to the third Ashes Test, at Edgbaston

Was the England captain's slump in form brought on by issues of technique or by a cluttered mind?

He is not at an age where the reflexes should have slowed. He does not lack for desire. Yet he has been bowled four times in his last 11 innings and, worryingly, has started to look more fallible in the field

Australia's unassuming batting coach Michael di Venuto has the responsibility for rousing into form a batsman of far greater accomplishment than his own

The start of the Ashes has been emotionally draining but Mark Wood is not about to let his energy levels dip

Chris Rogers and David Warner are very different types but the assumption that they don't get on has become one of the myths of the Ashes series

Jonny Bairstow is back for England in Test cricket for the first time since England's Ashes whitewash and in Yorkshire they will tell you he is much improved after an 18-month lay-off

There's plenty of hope for England, because old scorecards never lie

England weren't just beaten, they were blown away. The selectors will not want to show signs of panic but none of the struggling batsmen should be surprised if they are dropped

Whether it is true or not that Michael Clarke made a last-minute decision to call 'heads' at Lord's, the early signs in this series are that the toss of the coin will be vital

Stats highlights from a crushing Australia victory at Lord's

Until he dragged into his stumps for 96 the England captain had been virtually ever-present during the Test and it his virtues that the team will need in bucket loads to stave off defeat

The early stages of Mitchell Marsh's career have not always been smooth but he now has the chance to establish himself as Australia's allrounder and his contribution at Lord's was a template of what he can bring

Statistical highlights from the third day of the Lord's Test between England and Australia