Describing sporting defeats in terms of grief is obviously way over the top. Yet for England cricket fans having to endure another difficult Ashes tour down under, the 2024/25 series seems to be following that all too familiar pattern.
A cycle that has often been repeated during English winters since 1990 - bar one glorious exception - you would think that most of us would have learned by now. But we do it to ourselves, we do. And that's what really hurts.
So join me as we take a stroll through a typical English winter of hope, disappointments, sleepless nights, anger, realisation and the occasional moments of humour. An Ashes in Australia; my favourite waste of time.
