Stokes said critics who claimed that England had no desire were wide of the mark GARETH COPLEY/GETTY IMAGESBen Stokes has hit back at the former England captains who criticised the side for their heavy defeat by South Africa and vowed to prove that they have the desire required to bounce back in the third Investec Test tomorrow. Michael Vaughan said that England’s batting showed a “lack of respect” for Test cricket after they were bowled out for 133 to be pegged back to 1-1 in the series at Trent Bridge, while Nasser Hussain said that the side were playing a “rubbish brand of cricket”. “For anyone to question our fight or desire or anything like that is wrong,” Stokes said. “They [the critics] should know how much it means to play for England — how much it means to wear the three lions.…

Source: The Times July 25, 2017 22:52 UTC