Introduction

This edition, we're focusing on the England captain Ben Stokes as the player and the man. He is renowned as one of the top four all rounders in England has ever produced. His batting average wouldn't make him out as one of England's greatest batters. And yet he somehow finds himself in the thick of the action at some of England's most important moments. Hear every ball of every match in the men's and women's ashes, live on Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds.