Already the quickest scoring team in Test cricket, England will hit Australia with their fastest bowling attack in a generation – perhaps all time – after announcing their 16-man squad for the Ashes this winter. But perhaps the greater difference compared to recent Ashes tours is the presence of five seamers capable of hitting 90mph on the speed gun. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianWhile his place in English folklore was secured in 2019 – the World Cup final and the famous Headingley Test – Stokes has unfinished business in Australia. Lancashire and Northern Superchargers bowler Cross made her England debut in 2013, playing eight Tests, 76 ODIs and 18 T20s and taking 140 wickets. Even with uncertainty over their top three, Australia will doubtless look to target Bashir and force England’s seamers into bowling more overs.