Ben Stokes can lead his Ashes rock stars to glory this summer having convinced them they are even better than they think they are.
Of course they are good enough to have won 11 out of 13 matches under Stokes in the last year, but until they were led by his relentless positivity their own self doubt was holding them back.
It isn’t quite in the realms of former England coach David Lloyd, who upon being told that hapless batter Alan Mullally didn’t know who he was after being felled by a bouncer, said: “Well, tell him he’s Brian Lara and get him back out there!”
