Welcome to the first episode of The Ashes Show, Guardian Unlimited's new cricket podcast.
Every day during each Test, our host Dave Farrar will be joined in the pod and on the phone by top cricket journalists from the Guardian, Observer and Guardian Unlimited - including Gideon Haigh, Mike Selvey, Vic Marks and Kevin Mitchell - to dissect all the action from Down Under.
In our preview show, Lawrence Booth and Rob Smyth look at the big issues ahead of the series: what do England have to do to win? Who are the key performers on both sides? And is Duncan Fletcher really going to choose Ashley Giles instead of Monty Panesar? Meanwhile Dave Peacock, one of the founders of the Barmy Army, explains what it's like co-ordinating booze, tickets and entertainment for 2,000 travelling England fans.
A fresh edition, rounding up the day's play and containing the latest news, analysis, gossip and amusing sledges, will be available shortly after stumps.
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