England captain Ben Stokes is key to his team’s chances of regaining the prestigious urn during the upcoming Ashes tour Down Under, believes former batter Mark Ramprakash. According to Ramprakash, the tourists could well upstage the Australians and script an away series win against the arch-rivals for the first time in 15 years, provided their charismatic skipper and all-rounder stays on the park for all five Tests.

Since creating history with a 3-1 series triumph during the 2010-11 trip, England haven’t won a Test on Aussie shores and went down 5-0, 4-0 and 4-0 in the most embarrassing scorelines in 2013-14, 2017-18 and 2021-22 summers.

The five-Test series thus presents Stokes with an opportunity to rewrite history and cement his legacy as one of England’s most successful captains, hav

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