Ben Stokes looks ready to bowl in first Ashes Test, Stuart Broad included in XI

GEORGE DOBELL AT EDGBASTON: For this team to work, Stokes needs to be able to deliver somewhere around 12 overs a day and offer an attacking threat. On the evidence of training on Wednesday, he should be able to do that

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