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Have a team ever won the Ashes with so many question marks hanging over it?
England's 3-2 triumph over a heavily favoured Australia was a remarkable achievement and featured some wonderful moments of individual skill from a young, developing side.
Yet resounding defeats at Lord's and The Oval exposed serious flaws that need to be resolved if the team are to achieve lasting success.
"England are mercurial," said former spinner Graeme Swann. "They are either red hot or ice cold."
England face away series against Pakistan, in the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa over the next five months, with director of cricket Andrew Strauss admitting they must "make some big improvements in a short space of time".
With the help of Test Match Special's pundits, BBC Sport Lions Laken Tomlinson Authentic Jersey addresses five key areas of concern.
Trouble at the top
It feels like a lifetime ago that Adam Lyth was soaking up the adulation of his home crowd after a century against New Zealand in his second Test at Headingley.
One gruelling series later, he appears certain to join the roll-call of those who have tried and failed since 2012 to fill the spikes of Strauss alongside Alastair Cook at the top of England's batting order.
As the series elapsed, Lyth's innings became increasingly painful viewing as he diced with danger outside off stump before the ball inevitably found the edge of his bat.
His haul of 115 runs in nine innings is the lowest by an Ashes opener playing at least five Tests.
Coach Trevor Bayliss has hinted that http://www.chargersshopnfl.com/Authentic-Danny-Woodhead-Jersey Moeen Ali may be promoted seven places in the batting order to allow England to accommodate an extra spinner in the UAE.
But his susceptibility to the short ball suggests a different approach may be needed against South Africa's quick bowlers, where Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales and Yorkshire's Gary Ballance could come into the reckoning.
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