Ashe

American

[ash] / æʃ /

noun

Arthur Robert, Jr., 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.

Ashe British

/ æʃ /

noun

Arthur ( Robert ). 1943–93, US tennis player: US champion 1968; Wimbledon champion 1975

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The run to the last four comes after the dismal Ashes defeat, which brought the future of coach Brendon McCullum into question.

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An altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Wellington, a wasteful Ashes performance and a foolish attempt to hide the truth, for which he later had to come clean.

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Jacks' Ashes was not all fairytale proposals below Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Colombo was where Brook stood in front of his team-mates in late January and apologised for his late-night antics in Wellington and the subsequent fallout – an attempt to draw a line under the Ashes defeat.

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Mark Wood, currently recovering from a knee injury after the Ashes, is not on the list, nor is veteran bowler James Anderson.

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