In the months leading up to their Ashes triumph, Mitchell Starc and Steve Smith foreshadowed the key few issues England's bowlers were about to be met with.
The first warning came from Starc way back on September 9, as Australia were unveiling their kits for the summer at the SCG.
At the time, hype in England's pace-bowling cartel was at its highest, with Jofra Archer having just returned to Test cricket and Mark Wood on the comeback path.
