Strewth will set us free says Stokes

Ben will tell Ashes flops they need to get act together

- FROM RORY DOLLARD IN SYDNEY

BEN STOKES is ready to dish out some hard truths to England's Test team after accepting the shine has come off his reign as captain.

A 4-1 defeat in the Ashes, on the heels of a 2-2 draw at home to India over the summer, leaves England with precious little to show for a six-month period many felt would define the era.