Ben Stokes cannot win his first Ashes as England captain – that ship sailed when the dismal Manchester weather washed out the fourth Test at Old Trafford – but the captain has few regrets about how the series has gone.
It is a testament to his character and the high standards he holds that when pressed his only regret of the series was a dropped catch off Nathan Lyon in the first Test at Edgbaston. Australia went on to win that Test, but it was by no means a bad drop. It would have been a stunning catch, a one-handed diving effort up there with the best of them.
