Australian batsman Shane Watson has admitted that his teammates are still planning revenge against England for the recent Ashes defeats.

England retained the Ashes in Australia 18 months ago and Watson has claimed that Michael Clarke's team are constantly improving ahead of this summer's ODI series.

Watson said: "Until you can get into the Ashes and perform the way we need to perform those memories are going to be in the back of your mind.

"Everything we are doing is to try to improve every single time we train and play. Hopefully that will continue our development and improvement leading into the Ashes and we will have some happier memories than the previous couple of series."

England will face Australia in five ODI's beginning on June 29.