Jimmy Anderson prefers to express himself with wickets - but the England paceman admits he does love the trash talk that surrounds the Ashes.
With the opening Test against Australia at Edgbaston now less than a month away, Anderson is starting to focus his thoughts on the likes of David Warner, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.
But that hasn’t prevented him enjoying the hype which has seen fellow quickie Ollie Robinson predict a 5-0 England win and Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon hit back with the promise that the men in the baggy green caps will be the ones delivering a whitewash.