'Without 2002-03 there was no chance of 2005'

Michael Vaughan. 2005.

England's captain and a longed-for Ashes triumph in the greatest series of them all.

Before Vaughan's life-changing moment, when he lifted the urn at The Oval, came a first brush with the Australians almost three years earlier.

England were steamrollered 4-1 down under in 2002-03 by arguably the best Test team of all time. Captain Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and the rest.