SIR JAMES ANDERSON: This is how I’d get each of Australia’s batsmen out – including the trap I’d set for Steve Smith, the way to get in Marnus Labuschagne’s head and the reason Jofra Archer will be licking his lips on day one

SIR JAMES ANDERSON: This is how I'd get each of Australia's batsmen out - including the trap I'd set for Steve Smith, the way to get in Marnus Labuschagne's head and the reason Jofra Archer will be licking his lips on day one

Proper news from Britain - News from Britain you won’t find anywhere else. Not the tosh the big media force-feed you every day!Read every word from the Daily Mail's new columnist Sir James throughout the Ashes - and more of our cricket coverage - with a DailyMail+ subscriptionBy SIR JAMES ANDERSON - ASHES COLUMNIST Published: 21:00 EST, 19 November 2025 | Updated: 21:00 EST, 19 November 2025

SIR JAMES ANDERSON: This is how I’d get each of Australia’s batsmen out – including the trap I’d set for Steve Smith, the way to get in Marnus Labuschagne’s head and the reason Jofra Archer will be licking his lips on day one

No matter how much you try to block out the noise as an England cricketer, you are always aware of its presence in an Ashes series. Especially one hosted in Australia. There is always more pressure on an Ashes series Down Under than any other simply because of the hype around it. And it gets into the bubble of your team because of the number of interviews that everyone’s doing and the scale of the build-up. It’s on every news channel, so it feel…