Ashes 2017/18 Test Match Preview

FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: GRADIENT ADDED - COMPOSITE OF THREE IMAGES - Image numbers (L-R) 494870026, 1801824 and 809129220) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Steve Smith, captain of Australia (L) and Joe Root, captain of England. The two teams will compete in the upcoming 2017/18 Ashes Test Match series. The first match of the series starts at The Gabba on November 23, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. ****LEFT IMAGE*** SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 19: Steve Smith and David Warner of Australia pose during an Australian Test Cricket Portrait Session on October 19, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) *** MIDDLE IMAGE *** BRIGHTON - AUGUST 16: Cricket idents taken during a photshoot held on August 16, 2002, in Brighton, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) *** RIGHT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 05: England captain Joe Root poses for a portrait in the Lord's Long Room ahead tomorrow's test match against South Africa at Lord's Cricket Ground on July 5, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)