Where will England go from here?
Four years is a long time in sport and in the four years between England's Ashes win a lot has changed - in cricket and the rest of the world, writes Mike Atherton in the Times .

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Four years ago we were living in the middle of a debt-fuelled orgy of consumerism, the kind of age in which an open-top bus parade and drink-fuelled party at Trafalgar Square were fitting conclusions to a wonderfully topsy-turvy series. Now we are a little wiser, a little more sober. Credit-crunched, a lap of honour will have to do.
If I get an SMS from my mum, and it’s about sport, then you can be sure that something big has happened. I have received two this year - when Usain Bolt broke the 100m world record and when Andy Murray lost at Wimbledon - but, tellingly, not one about the Ashes. “Where were you when Freddie ran out Ricky Ponting” asked my colleague Kevin Garside this morning. And it would be lovely to think that future generations will remember the exact details of that wonderful moment. But unfortunately, I fear the most common reply will be less romantic. Because depressingly, when Flintoff threw down Ponting’s stumps, the nation that worships him was watching Poirot, waiting for the highlights.
The find of the series. In the warm-up game at Worcester, he just looked like an organised pro, but he proved to be better than that. Played spin well, accumulated runs and formed an excellent partnership with Clarke which was crucial at Edgbaston. He said to England, 'You'll have to do something special to get me out,' which is just what a skipper wants.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo