If some of the talk this week is to be believed, there must have been US Marines dropped behind enemy lines that met with more hospitable welcomes than that which awaited Todd Murphy as he was parachuted into the Ashes today.
Murphy this morning became the first man not called Nathan Lyon to lead an Australian spin attack in more than a decade, making his Ashes bow with his side one draw away from retaining the Urn, but England expected to be in vengeful mood.
