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Despite their clear superiority, jitters were present for a home side that last won the urn more than six years earlier.
England last won down under in 2010-11 and Ben Stokes' side will be looking to regain the urn for the first time since 2015.
When England won the urn in 1986-87, they began with three warm-up matches against Australian state sides, played further tour matches between each of the first four Tests and white-ball matches between the final two.
Vaughan did not know it at the time, but lifting the urn was to be his last act as an Ashes cricketer.
Broad took his 600th Test wicket at Old Trafford but the washout, which ended the chance of winning the urn, was "the worst feeling in sport".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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