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Andrew Strauss has a word of caution for current England Test captain Ben Stokes before he approaches a legacy-defining Ashes tour of Australia. Identifying the charismatic leader as an “emotional" personality, who isn’t short of “vulnerabilities", Strauss hoped Stokes would let his performances do all the talking when he confronts Australia’s age-old mental tricks over five Tests.

No Ashes tour of Australia is without the visiting team facing the heat.

Strauss, who has been at the receiving end of all the sledging and jeering that only someone with a tough skin can endure, warned Stokes that he will be a special target of the Australians.

“He (Stokes) has got vulnerabilities, Stokes. We know he’s an emotional guy. And I think the Australians, as a nation, they’

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