Tim Paine: Ashes going ahead with or without Joe Root
The ECB are due to present plans to players shortly ahead of naming a squad
Justin Langer has a little apocalypse now and then
Paine details invasive neck surgery, confident for Ashes return
Broad on Ashes tour - 'I would be happy to get on a plane to Australia'
Root 'desperate' for success in Australia, but can't yet commit to tour
ECB chairman admits prospect of Ashes is a 'complicated picture'