Stokes the star on a crazy first Ashes day

He has poured his heart and soul into regaining full fitness after tearing a shoulder muscle against India in August and barged down the door to claim five for 23 in a six-over spell.

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After Carse and Jofra Archer had shared the first four Australian wickets, he took out Travis Head, Cameron Green, Starc, Alex Carey and Scott Boland in the space of 30 deliveries.

By the time he was finished, the wicket count for the day stood at 19 - more than any other opening day of Ashes cricket since 1909.

Basking in his captain’s intervention, Carse said: “Ben Stokes, look, he’s amazing.

“You know his character and his resilience is everything that this team strives to be and it’s obviously a game changing spell in that session.