The 2005 Ashes - Hampshire's man on the inside
29.07.25, 17:06 Updated 29.07.25, 17:18
Rich Edwards
Most Ashes Test series before 2005 were over before they had even begun.
Steve Waugh famously called it mental disintegration. England supporters just got used to calling it Glenn McGrath being proved right. Again.
As July dawned 20 summers' ago, though, there was a different feeling permeating around the cricket grounds of England.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.