England “do not have as many scars” as in earlier years as they head into the Ashes, says spinner Charlie Dean.
Heather Knight’s aspect are searching for a primary Ashes win since 2014, having drawn an exhilarating encounter within the house summer season of 2023 which included well-known triumphs in each white-ball legs of the multi-format sequence.
Dean added that England will take loads of confidence from that effort as they go into Saturday’s opening one-day worldwide, in distinction to the earlier away tour in 2022 the place they didn’t win a recreation.
“Going again to the final journey right here, I used to be very new to the worldwide scene and I used to be fairly daunted by the prospect of taking part in Australia,” Dean mentioned.
“I do not know if the remainder of the group was, however I felt that approach a bit. So I feel this time round, we’re a bit extra skilled.
“We have misplaced a number of gamers alongside the best way nevertheless it does really feel like we do not have as many scars within the group from earlier sequence. Huge challenges carry alternatives for fulfillment and the house Ashes summer season has given us quite a lot of positivity round what we all know we are able to do.”
Each England and Australia are in first rate type going into the sequence, with previous sequence wins in opposition to South Africa and India respectively following their disappointing T20 World Cup campaigns within the autumn.
Dean additionally credited the growing quantity of franchise cricket world wide in serving to to reduce the intimidation that comes with taking over Australia on their house soil, with gamers recurrently switching from team-mates to opponents between tournaments.
“That brings fairly a pleasant edge to it, you will be associates off the pitch however when it comes all the way down to it, the white-line fever comes and you’ll do no matter it takes to win a recreation to your nation,” she mentioned.
“Nevertheless it does carry some familiarity, it does not appear so intimidating any extra, which is an attention-grabbing dynamic to stability.”
England’s solely warm-up match earlier than the sequence begins on 11 January (23:30 GMT) was cut short by rain at the North Sydney Oval, with solely 28.2 overs bowled in opposition to the Australian Governor Basic’s XI.
The sequence consists of three one-day internationals, three T20s and a four-day Check match on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
