Guest writer Tiana Ealdred briefly sums up the final hour’s play at The Oval on 4th August, and probes – with help from some Parisians and Sir Toby Cook – Where to for the coming Ashes series down under?

Following Martin Chandler’s intriguing personal portrait of Lancastrian and England pace bowler, Peter Lever, writer Peter Kettle contributes this supplementary piece on his Test career – focussing on Lever’s triumphs down under.