Melbourne, Jan 11 (ANI): Australian Test opening batsman Simon Katich expects that the turmoil surrounding the England team to settle down under newly-appointed skipper Andrew Strauss and doubts it will impact on this year's Ashes series.

English cricket has undergone a turbulent week with previous skipper Kevin Pietersen resigning and coach Peter Moores sacked following a rift between the two men, FOX Sports reported.

Only six months remain before the start of the five-Test Ashes series, but Katich believes Strauss, who captained the team briefly in 2006 against Pakistan, will be able to unify the England dressing room.

"I think he's shown in the past that when he's been given the reins he's done a good job and his form recently has been good, which is probably another big factor," Katich said.

"As a player, if you are confident in your own game it helps with your captaincy as well," he added.

Katich, who will captain NSW for the first time this season in a Twenty20 match against Tasmania in Sydney on Monday, was speaking from experience.

He enjoyed a record-breaking domestic run-scoring campaign as NSW skipper last season and has firmly established himself at the top of the Australian order in Tests.

Katich was left out of the Australian one-day and Twenty20 squads and said he harboured no hopes of a recall to either.

Instead, he wants to build on his fabulous Test renaissance during which he has scored four centuries and five half-centuries in his last 11 matches. (ANI)