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By LAWRENCE BOOTH, CRICKET CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 07:00 EDT, 10 October 2025 | Updated: 07:00 EDT, 10 October 2025 <\/p>\n

Ben Stokes<\/a> has asked England team-mates to intervene if he overbowls himself during the Ashes<\/a>, according to the new Test vice-captain Harry Brook.<\/p>\n

Stokes is on track to play a full part in the five-match series starting at Perth<\/a> on November 21 after injuring his shoulder against India<\/a>\u00a0at the end of July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But England will need the balance he brings to their line-up if they are to win in Australia<\/a> for the first time in 15 years, and that means careful management of his workload \u2013 a task that has often proved beyond Stokes himself.<\/p>\n

\u2018There are people off the pitch to help with that side of things, but he told us last year as a group that if he gets into a position like that again, then go up and have a word with him,\u2019 said Brook. \u2018He wants to bowl long spells and that can sometimes be to his detriment.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brook, whose first job is to lead a white-ball tour of New Zealand starting next week in Christchurch, has replaced Ollie Pope as the Test No 2, but insists there is no need to think about captaining England in Australia because he believes Stokes will be fit.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have full faith he is going to be there,\u2019 he said at the PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota. \u2018Everybody in the world knows what he\u2019s like, his character and the way he just cracks on. That is the way the team is built now: everybody keeps going. If you do have a little niggle, just power through \u2013 and that is what he does so well.<\/p>\n

\"Ben <\/p>\n

Ben Stokes has told England team-mates to intervene if he overbowls himself during the Ashes<\/p>\n

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England will need the balance Stokes brings to their bowling attack if they are to beat Australia<\/p>\n

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New vice-captain Harry Brook says it is an ‘honour’ to take on the leadership role for the series<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s an honour to have any leadership role, but it\u2019s not something that I\u2019m biting at the bit to do. I see Stokesy playing all five Tests.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Brook said the possible absence of Australian captain Pat Cummins, who is struggling with a back injury, would be a fillip for England.<\/p>\n

\u2018He is an amazing bowler and has been for many years,\u2019 he said. \u2018He bowls at high pace with high skill. With him out of their side for the first game, from what we\u2019ve seen, hopefully that plays into our hands. But they have a hell of a lot of good quick bowlers out there who can plough through teams, so we can\u2019t take anybody lightly.\u2019<\/p>\n

Australia coach Andrew McDonald said he had not given up on Cummins\u2019s participation at Perth, but admitted: \u2018The reality is we\u2019re starting to get tight in terms of the times. We\u2019re still optimistic, but next week we\u2019ll be in a position to get better gauge on where he\u2019s at.\u2019<\/p>\n

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