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Stokes defends teammates as Archer's Ashes ends
Archer has been ruled out for the remainder of the Ashes series. (Getty Images: Gareth Copley)
A defiant Ben Stokes has gone into bat for his England teammates ahead of the Boxing Day Test.
Stokes said the mental health of his charges was his top priority as the fallout from England's Noosa trip continues.
England have made two changes for the Boxing Day Test with Ollie Pope dropped and Jofra Archer ruled out for the rest of the tour with a side strain.
An emotional Ben Stokes has defended the England team after a social media video said to feature Ben Duckett was the latest crisis to hit their disastrous Ashes tour.
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An emotional Ben Stokes vowed to close ranks around his players amid ongoing fallout from their mid-Ashes Noosa getaway, as England's tour went from bad to worse after Jofra Archer became their latest bowler to go down with injury.
A pace attack hyped as the quickest England have ever brought here has now seen its two fastest pacemen go down with tour-ending injuries as Archer was revealed to have suffered a side strain during last week's Adelaide Test.
Mark Wood was sent home with a knee injury last month after bowling just 11 overs for the tour, with Archer now joining him having sent down 80 overs across the first three Tests. The 30-year-old has endured an injury-plagued career and spent four years on the sidelines before returning in July.
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Stokes calls for ‘empathy’ for England players and pledges support for Duckett
Ben Stokes has called for the public and the media to show “empathy†towards his embattled England players. It comes as their Ashes campaign threatens to fully unravel in response to a guaranteed series defeat and allegations of excessive drinking during a mid-tour break in Noosa.
Sitting 3-0 down going into the Boxing Day Test, England have been hit by reports that their downtime in between the defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide was akin to a “stag doâ€. The emergence of footage appearing to show Ben Duckett drunk and slurring his words on a night out has heightened things.
The video, taken by an English traveller called “Sam†and posted on social media, has not cost Duckett his place albeit England have made changes to their XI for the fourth Test. Jofra Archer’s tour is over with a side strain, Ollie Pope has been dropped, with Jacob Bethell and Gus Atkinson coming in.
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