England’s pace attack is drawing comparisons to the ‘fab four’ from the 2005 Ashes and interim head coach Marcus Trescothick can understand why.Cricket fans have special memories of the side that won back the urn after an 18-year drought, particularly a perfectly-matched quartet of quicks that unsettled a star-studded Australia line-up.And crushing wins over Pakistan at Headingley and Lord’s have seen the current crop mentioned in the same breath.Man-of-the-moment Ollie Robinson has the new-ball skills to take the Matthew Hoggard role, Jofra Archer has the express pace of Steve Harmison, leaving Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson to stand for Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones in the change bowling slots.England’s Steve Harmison (left) and Andrew Flintoff were key to the 2005 success (Gareth Copley/PA) (PA Archive)It may be an ambitious view given the flimsy opposition Pakistan have offered thus far, but it is one Trescothick – who was part of the 2005 team and finds himself in temporary charge of the current side – can appreciate.“We do have some real skill and when you look back to ’05 – Harmy, Fred, Simon and Hoggy – you could easily make those sort of comparisons,” he said.“We’re building an attack in the four people that we’ve had here and a few guys backing it up, with pace and skill around it.“The more Test matches they all play together, the better opportunity we’ve got when you go to more challenging conditions and away from home in particular.England’s pace quartet from 2005, joined by Andrew Strauss (second right). (Sean Dempsey/PA) (PA Archive)“I think we’ve got a good contrast in what we’re trying to do. What we do have is three guys bowling at 92 miles an hour, which is really nice to have in your armoury.”England have some difficult assignments coming up over the next 12 months, including tours of South Africa and Bangladesh, a one-off Test in Melbourne and culminating in a home Ashes 22 years on from the famous 2005 series.“I don’t want to get too far ahead on it because there’s a lot of cricket to be played beforehand, but no doubt there’ll be five, six or seven bowlers going to South Africa and it’ll be the same next summer when we come back here for the Ashes, and they’ll be in a much better position than they’ve been for the last couple of years,” he added.The bowlers currently in the back-up group include Essex’s Sam Cook, an apparent understudy for Robinson, and Sonny Baker, who made his debut in June against New Zealand.Brydon Carse’s immediate future is unclear after he was removed from the Test squad pending an investigation by the Cricket Regulator into a nightclub incident in Derby.But despite the series being secured, Trescothick is not inclined to ring the changes simply to assess the squad’s depth. Instead, he wants a side who have lost the winning habit over the past two years to focus on the nailing a whitewash.“First and foremost I want to win the series 3-0 and I think if you’re going to do that you want to play the most consistent team possible,” he said.“Hopefully they will pull up like they did coming into this game, really well. Once we know that then we’ll be able to make that decision, but the emphasis is massively on winning the series 3-0.“It’s not a case of we’re going to go there and ease off the gas. We want to go there and win the series 3-0 so that is what exactly what I’ll be telling the players.”