England remained in rivalry to regain the urn from arch rivals Australia with a three-wicket win at Headingley that left the hosts 2-1 down with two to play forward of the concluding two Tests at Old Trafford and The Oval.
Since England captain Stokes joined forces with coach Brendon McCullum final 12 months, the staff have turn into famend for his or her daring ‘Bazball’ strategy to red-ball cricket.
But with heavy rain forecast on the fourth and fifth days in Manchester, England could should up their tempo whereas making an attempt to drive a win in a match beginning Wednesday.
“You never want to look too much into the weather but in the position we find ourselves in, we find we might have to,” Stokes informed an Old Trafford news convention on Tuesday.
“We know we have to win this game to take it to the last game for us to have a chance of getting the urn back.
“Going into the last game 2-0 down, we knew we had to win that so I think that helped us a little bit.
“Maybe again with the weather that’s predicted, it might bring more out of us again knowing that we might have to push the game on even more than we normally do.
“We’ll just have to wait and see. If the weather is what it’s predicted to be, we might have to.”
England are bidding to turn into solely the second facet in historical past to win an Ashes from 2-0 down following the Australia staff of 1936/37 that, impressed by batting nice Don Bradman, overturned such a deficit to triumph 3-2.
Originally printed as Ashes cricket 2023: Australia v England fourth Test dwell protection
Source: www.news.com.au
