The Australian government has said it will admit unvaccinated players as long as they are prepared to undergo 14 days of quarantine and the state of Victoria requests an exemption. "I think anybody would be lying if they said winning over here is not like the next step for me," Fleetwood said recently in America. "Yeah, I haven't done it...In the grand scheme of things, like winning in America is something that I need to do and I've had chances and sometimes somebody's played better than me and there's sometimes where I've hit the wrong shot at the wrong time. It is what it is." Rory Burns had an inkling Ben Stokes might be on the plane for England's trip to Australia but is nevertheless buoyant that the star all-rounder is on-hand to help their Ashes bid. However, Sherrock performed magnificently, averaging over 100 for large periods, and it took a superb performance from the world No 2 to progress.