By Mark Butcher Test batsman

FACTFILE Left-handed batsman; fast-medium bowler Born: 25/12/78 Test debut: v India, Lord's 2002 ODI debut: v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 2004 Averages: 2005 Ashes

I think Simon Jones is England's most underrated quick bowler.

He now seems able to swing the new ball away as well as gain reverse swing with the old ball.

He's probably consistently our quickest bowler, and I can see him causing some problems for Australia.

The Welsh paceman has been very brave to come back from the knee injury he sustained at the start of the last Ashes tour in Australia.

His comeback over the past year has been quite low-key but very impressive, and he's kind of done it by stealth.

He's taken quite a few wickets in his last three or four series, but he's not been the one to grab headlines like Steve Harmison or Matthew Hoggard.

He's been forced to bowl some of the more unpleasant spells, whether with the old ball or when the pitch has gone flat, and he's done it with a lot of skill and application.

Averages - 2005 Ashes

Batting
Matches 4 Innings 6 Not out 4
Runs 66 Highest score 20 not out Average 33.00

Bowling
Overs 102 Maidens 17
Runs 378 Wickets 18 Average 21.00