England bank on value of experience as Ashes drama reaches Manchester

GEORGE DOBELL AT OLD TRAFFORD: The last time a team went into an Ashes match with four specialist seamers aged 33 or older was in Brisbane in 1928.. The last team from any nation to do it was New Zealand in 1986

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