Cricket: Stokes defends England’s preparations against former captains’ criticism [SOUND]

# Cricket: England’s captain, Ben Stokes, calls former players as has-beens for criticising their preparations for this season’s Ashes Series against Australia, starting in Perth next Friday. The visitors are playing a single three-day warm-up match against the England Lions’ touring team in the Western Australian city from today. Stokes reacted to criticism from former captains Ian Botham, Michael Vaughan and Graham Gooch, saying their comments border on arrogance: