Rob Key

But that's not always the case.

Yeah, I think it's different for everyone.

I think Mark Wood's the exception to that, to the second part of your question there.

I think the likes of Josh Tongue, Brydon Cass, Chris Wokes is always someone that needs to play lots of cricket.

So I don't think there's been a one size fits all in that.

Mark Wood, we wanted to try and play Mark Wood in the fifth test against India.

He was close to being fit for that, but then had a setback, then wanted to play him against South Africa in the White Bull Series, had a setback for that, then wanted to play him at the end of the championship.

Unfortunately, that just didn't work.

So I don't agree that it's generally just...

None of our bowlers bowl.

We'll start the championship this year and quite a number of them, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tong, assuming fitness, will do that.

And I think that ultimately, Ashes cricket is a different intensity to everything else.

And I feel like the only way you can really prepare for that is by playing Ashes cricket.

It's a different world.

Our players have done pretty well.

They haven't got over the line against India.

in that series.

But that was a tough series.

But when you get out there in Australia, the scrutiny, everything else, it's hard to prepare for that.

The only way you feel you can prepare for it is by playing in it.