Guests barely seen or heard
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
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The true relevance of England's memorable victory in 2005 will be gauged when the teams next meet on English soil in two and a half years, writes Andrew Ramsey in The Australian
As far as visitors go, England's Test cricketers have proved the perfect guests. Apart from a few moments in Brisbane and Adelaide, the side has proved no trouble at all to its host. And at many times it was so unobtrusive it was easy to forget it was in town at all.
Ricky Ponting and his team have made no secret of the fact it was the feeling of hollowness and hurt when the Ashes changed hands at The Oval in 2005 that drove this summer's relentless five-nil redemption.
Perhaps it was due to the vastly different scoreline - Australia held hopes of levelling the 2005 series until the final session, while England was a beaten team with two Tests remaining - but there did not appear to be the same steeliness in the England players' eyes yesterday
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo