And so, for the fourth time in a row, England have humbled Australia, and now the brain of every Englishman who is even vaguely fond of cricket starts to twitch, dare we dream that this is the year? England haven't looked so good for a very long time, and Australia haven't looked so vulnerable in my life time. Can we finally reclaim the ashes? Is it possible. I can't believe I even dared to write it, so many times our hopes have been raised falsely, so oft we have thought of glory only to have our hopes crushed, what makes this time different?

So do we do it? Dare we dream? Can we actually win the Ashes?

Only time will tell, but I for one can't wait to see.