Ben Stokes aiming to join ‘lucky few’ England captains to win Ashes in Australia

Of those, only Illingworth did what Stokes is attempting over the next seven weeks – regaining the urn from an Australian side who already hold it.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “I do understand how big a series this is,” he said, two days before the action gets under way in front of a sell-out 60,000 crowd. “I’ve come here absolutely desperate to get home on that plane in January as one of the lucky few captains from England who have come here and been...