Ben Stokes left shellshocked after quickfire first Ashes Test defeat

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England captain Ben Stokes admitted he was left “shellshocked” after Australia crushed his side in two days at Perth, the fastest Ashes defeat in over a hundred years.It was a painful dose of deja-vu for the tourists, who were swept aside for 164 on Saturday having been bundled out for 172 in the first innings. All in all they lost 20 wicket in 67.5 overs, a recipe for disaster at the highest level.

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00:00You know going into our bowling innings there where you know Australia had to chase the

00:07sort of highest you know score of the test match and we were you know we were pretty confident in

00:12our ability to be able to go and bowl them out but yeah I mean at the moment still in a little

00:19bit of a wow phase after what Travis Head have just done to us that was yeah pretty incredible

00:27special knock from Travis I'll wake up in the morning still be incredibly disappointed

00:32but all of my focus and all of my energy will be going into getting the group back up

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