Winning an Ashes in England is one of the few items remaining on the bucket list of Australia's senior players as they prepare to back up their triple crown of titles.
The Test Championship win over India last week made Australia the first to win world titles in three formats, after previous successes in One-Day International and Twenty20 World Cups.
Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are the only players to have featured in those winning campaigns in all formats.
That group of five have won 11 of 16 Tests they have played together, losing three. They claimed a rare series victory in Asia last year over Pakistan and retained the urn in England in 2019.
A Border-Gavaskar Trophy win in India still eludes the group, and with Australia's next tour there not until 2027 that chance may have passed for some.
But over the next two months, winning an Ashes series away from home is a real possibility.
Such have been Australia's problems against the Dukes ball on seaming wickets, Australia's 22-year drought in England is the team's longest in any country.
It's a scenario that would have been unimaginable when Australia touched down in London in 2005, having won on their previous four tours of England.
They lost that thrilling series 2-1, and in the time since Australia have been outplayed in 2009 and 2013, before the core of the current group were beaten in a fifth-Test decider in 2015.
Four years ago, they drew 2-2 after a last-Test loss.
"That felt a little bittersweet, we left something out there," Cummins said.
"Even after the other day there was a bit of talk that we’d ticked off the World Test Championship, T20 World Cup, and one-day World Cup.
"But we still don’t feel like we’ve ticked off an away Ashes series.
"It just shows it is a really tough place to win over here, conditions totally different to what we’ve grown up playing.
"It’s the aim for our group this time."
Smith is one of Australia's finest ever batters, Lyon the country's third leading wicket-taker and Cummins an elite fast bowler.
Warner will retire in the country's top-five run-scorers, while Starc is No.6 on the wicket-taking list and Hazlewood 14th.
But they accept their legacy will be directly linked with the result of this series.
"Ashes series are what you're judged on, and the big series that you want to do well in and help your team have success," Smith said.
"Last time we came over here, we got close to winning the Ashes. The next best result was drawing it and we did that.
"It's certainly something I've wanted to tick off my bucket list in my career ... I know it's the same for a lot of the other boys in the room."
