Ashes 2015: Lucky for England that firestarter Ben Stokes won't take no for an answer

It is not the five-fers that maketh the man, but days like this when the wicket gives you nowt, the feet scream blue murder, and the opposition make you look silly late in the day. Ben Stokes will not look back fondly on his top-edged dismissal, part of another impoverished batting collapse divvied up by both sides in this freakish series. But, among Englishmen at least, Stokes is more blameless than others.