The 2005 Ashes was special. The Queen said it was ‘cricket at its best’. The prime minister said it ‘lit up the summer’. For one writer and England fan it was more than that: it was the storied series that shares a summer with his divorce
Vic Marks: An era has ended with the retirement of Matthew Hoggard and Simon Jones – two of the 'fab four' 2005 Ashes bowling attack - but memories of that summer will last forever
Guardian Sport Network Tim Key: when the Ashes and the Edinburgh festival aligned in 2005