After the slightly damp and decidedly dismal start to the tests, Xplosiv has moved to brighten our summer with these screens from PC-only game International Cricket Captain Ashes Year 2005.
Allowing you to pick both the team and the tactics for a season, a series or just a day or night game, ICC will enable you to solve such debates as Thorpe versus Pieterson, by actually allowing you to play both instead of a middle-order toiler such as Bell.
With commentary in the velvety tones of BBC reporter Jonathan Agnew, up-to-date stats and the full County game included, you can hone your skills and stop England turning the summer into a complete washout.
International Cricket Captain Ashes Year 2005 will be released for PC on 5 August