England captain Ben Stokes is very disappointed with the 1-4 defeat in the Ashes 2025-26. He says that in the last Test played in Sydney, if he had restricted Australia to 100 or less runs in the first innings, the last day of the match could have been very exciting. Let us tell you, in the 5th Test, England, batting first, scored 384 runs on the board with the help of Joe Root’s century, in response to which Australia scored 567 runs on the board with the help of centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith. England was able to score 342 runs in the second innings. Australia won the match by scoring 161 runs in the last innings at the loss of 5 wickets. Ben Stokes said after the match, “It was a great game to be involved in, there is always drama in Test matches that go till the fifth day. I think we should have scored 100 more runs, we also allowed Australia to score 100 more runs in the first innings. So, if we score around 200 runs on a pitch like this on the fifth day. It would have been great.” Praising the Australian team, the England captain said, “Australia is a great team, they have some great bowlers, so we have to give them a lot of credit. We have a lot of time to look back before playing our next series, so hopefully we will be able to correct the mistakes,” Stokes said while giving an update on his injury. It has been bad sometimes. I will wait till I reach home.” Jacob Bethel is a rising star of England cricket. This left-handed batsman tried to make his mark by scoring a century in the Sydney Test. Stokes said about this young player, “Unbelievable, Beth got a chance at the end of the series, coming in the fifth game of the series, the way he batted was fantastic. Josh (Tang) has also been consistent and bowled very well, so we have some great talent coming through. We are lucky to have the Barmy Army with us, they will be as disappointed as we are. Their support definitely means a lot to us.”
