“To win Ashes you need a good battery of fast bowlers and that is definitely the case with England,but you can say the same about the Australians too. They have a good group of fast bowlers,but playing on your home patch is always an advantage for a bowling group.”

Saker sees similarities between England’s attack for the away Ashes win in 2010/11 and now — and not just because Anderson and Broad,who will turn 41 and 37 respectively during the series,are still around.

‘It’ll come down to whatever team can bat the best. I think both sides know that.’

England bowling coach David Saker

“There is[similarity],” he said. “I suppose that the outliers are obviously the 150km/h bowlers. Steven Finn was quick but wasn’t up to that pace. So that that’s a big plus for the English. Playing in English conditions I think it puts their bowling group in front of the Australians without a doubt.

“It’ll come down to whatever team can bat the best. I think both sides know that. Both sides have world-class bowling attacks. It’s whether you can get enough runs to win. England will get them quick. And let’s see how Australia go.”

Saker got his first taste of working with Archer on this trip to Bangladesh,and is extremely excited about translating that to the Test arena this summer. Archer has carefully managed expectations over the amount he will play,saying he would be happy to be involved in just one Test. Saker believes he is capable of more.

“I’m sure he’ll play more than one Test if he’s fit,definitely,” he said. “I think it was exciting last night[in the T20 defeat to Bangladesh] that it seemed to get cranked up a bit. I think the way the game was going,we were going to go 2-0 down,he cranked it up and bowled some seriously fast balls on a really slow wicket and upset the opposition.

“That’s the thing that those sorts of bowlers can do,they can bowl a spell that can crack a game open. I’m not saying Jimmy or Stuart can’t,but guys at pace can really change a game quickly and they’re also enormously effective to get the tail out. Last night was probably the start of him keeping climbing up to the Ashes.

“I know we lost but I thought it was a fantastic bowling performance but the exciting thing in the dressing room is Jofra’s back to that really seriously quick,aggressive[bowler].”

Saker,56,also believes it is “extraordinary” that Anderson is still playing,given he played against him for Enfield against Burnley in 1999,when the Lancastrian was a teenager.

“I am quite close with Jimmy so it’s great to see his journey,” he said. “There’s no way I thought he’d still be going the way he’s going,but he’s probably first picked at the moment,especially at home.”

Telegraph,London

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