Michael Vaughan believes winning the Ashes would vindicate Ben Stokes' work as Test captain, adding the allrounder may prove to be England's most valuable bowler on "very English" Australian pitches.

With the first Test in Perth just three weeks away, the majority of England's Test squad are in New Zealand, either involved in the ongoing ODI series or training alongside it. The Ashes group will come together in Western Australia on Monday, where they will be joined by the England Lions who will help them prepare with a three-day game starting on November 13, eight days before the series opener at Optus Stadium.

Despite their last Test win on Australia soil coming in January 2011 - confirming a historic 3-1 success - and an aggregate 14-0 scoreline in the three tours since, England a

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