Stokes urges England to use Lord's row as fuel for Ashes fightback

Stokes' side are trailing 2-0 in the five-match series after Australia survived a brilliant innings of 155 from the England skipper to win by 43 runs at Lord's on Sunday.

It was an extraordinary day's play, even by the dramatic standards of the Ashes, as the match swung on the disputed dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow.

Chasing a Lord's-record 371 to win, England were still in with a shout of making history when Bairstow was stumped by Alex Carey when he walked out of his crease after ducking a Cameron Green bouncer.

Cricket's Laws showed the decision to dismiss Bairstow was correct, but it arguably went against the spirit of the game.

As chants of "same old Aussies, always cheating" echoed around the usually sedate Lord's stands, Stokes took his frustrations out on the Australian bowlers with a brilliant innings that fell just short of carrying England to victory.

Only once before in 146 years of Test history have a team come from 2-0 down to win a five-match series, when Australia, inspired by batting great Don Bradman, did so in the 1936/37 Ashes.

But Stokes insisted his men could replicate that feat.

"We won 3-0 against Pakistan and New Zealand last year. All we're thinking about is winning the series 3-2," he said.

"Losing's losing. The emotions will always be the same but when you sit back and understand where we're at, it's actually very exciting.

"The way in which we are playing our cricket couldn't be more perfect for the situation we find ourselves in.

"We have to win these three games to get this urn back. We're a team who are obviously willing to put ourselves out there and do things against the narrative."

'Pretty mad'

Stokes hopes England can feed off the energy of the notoriously raucous Headingley crowd when