Could a whole series be defined by one delivery? Well, in 2006, it virtually was!

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Richard Edwards looks back to the disastrous whitewash tour Down Under in 2006/7 when England were defending the newly-won Ashes

Wide boy: England’s Steve Harmison opens the 2006-07 Ashes with a massive wide signalled by umpire Steve Bucknor
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If the summer of 2005 washed away years of Ashes hurt, then the winter of 2006/07 brought some painful memories flooding back. Not since 1920/21 had an England side travelled to Australia and returned home having been trounced 5-0 in a Test series Down Under.
Even in the dark days of...

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