Stokes "No place for weak men in my dressing room"

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 Captain Ben Stokes questioned his England players' mentality after their crushing defeat by Australia in the second Test, saying his dressing room is "not a place for weak men".

Though England showed some fight on day four, they were thrashed by eight wickets in Brisbane to go 2-0 down in the five-match Ashes series.

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Stokes denied England's problems are down to skill and instead questioned why they have been unable to capitalise on key moments.

"Do we need to start thinking about what mentality we are taking into those pressure moments?" Stokes said.

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