Of the many glaring differences between the manner and method both teams took into the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston, perhaps the most telling was the disparity between their respective spin bowlers.
While England called up bowling allrounder Moeen Ali, who had been absent from first-class cricket for two years and finished the match with 3-204 from 47 overs, Australia's record-breaking off-spinner Nathan Lyon's comparatively similar 53 overs returned a game-high 8-229.