England should not fall apart this time but are set for Melbourne gamble

Tom Curran or Mason Crane is in line for a daunting Test debut yet, unlike previous Ashes down under, the beaten tourists should stay competitiveOn tour in Australia I once asked the England manager, Doug Insole, a very naive question: “Will anybody bother to turn up at the MCG or Sydney if the series is already decided?” He looked at me aghast before responding: “They will be there in their thousands. They just love watching the Poms being beaten.” In the past week I hav