Green shoots no laughing matter as Ben Stokes insists fifth Ashes Test is ‘big game’
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England yet to settle on XI to play at SCG amid uncertainty over pitch
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Captain concedes Australia bowlers ‘put us under heaps of pressure’
“I don’t think a groundsman has ever been under as much pressure as the guy here this week.”
Ben Stokes had a smile on his face during his final pre-match press conference of this Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as he responded to a question about the likely nature of the pitch for the fifth Test, which starts on Sunday morning.