Stokes Must 'respect' Views Of Ex-players - Vaughan

England skipper Ben Stokes must "respect" nan views of erstwhile players says ex-skipper Michael Vaughan, aft Stokes described immoderate of his critics arsenic "has-beens".

Vaughan, erstwhile skipper Graham Gooch and legendary all-rounder Lord Botham person been among those to mobility England's mentation for first Ashes Test adjacent week.

Speaking connected Wednesday morning, Stokes defended nan determination to person a solitary warm-up lucifer - an in-house crippled against England Lions - saying "we can't hole really nan has-beens possibly prepared".

Writing successful nan Telegraph,, external Vaughan said: "England person to judge that location will beryllium scrutiny.

"Just because nan 'has-beens' person a different position does not mean these are not valid comments. England should respect those views.

"They are coming from legends of nan crippled who can't play immoderate much because they are excessively old, but that doesn't mean they don't desperately want England to win.

"They are saying these things because they are concerned, and spot nan risk."

England's three-match warm-up against their improvement broadside originates connected Thursday. The first Test against Australia starts 8 days later connected 21 November.

Stokes' broadside person been training successful Perth this week and their attack is akin to their preparations for their 5 erstwhile overseas tours nether Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. England person won nan first Test of those bid connected each occasion.

But it differs from galore erstwhile Ashes tours, erstwhile England played respective warm-up games. Botham said it "borders connected arrogance", Vaughan called it a "huge risk" and Gooch labelled it "glorified practice".

Stokes responded by saying "cricket has changed truthful much" and pointed to nan busier calendar, positive nan truth nan ongoing Australian home play would person impacted nan value of opponents, arsenic reasons not to person an extended build-up.

"There are rather a fewer factors that spell into why we can't hole really nan has-beens possibly prepared successful nan past," he said.

"We're very comfortable pinch really we hole because we time off nary chromatic unturned."

England are seeking their first triumph connected Australian ungraded since 2010-11, pinch galore believing Stokes' broadside person nan champion chance of occurrence since that trip.

Former England adjunct Paul Farbrace dismissed nan thought Stokes was being "disrespectful" and said his words were a connection to his squad to artifact retired nan extracurricular noise.

"All Ben Stokes is saying, hide nan noise, hide everything that is going on," Farbrace told BBC Sport.

"It doesn't matter if it is an English awesome aliases an Australian great, fto them person their say, it doesn't really matter.

"Ben isn't being disrespectful.

"He is very respectful of each of nan greats that person gone before. Don't interest astir nan measurement Ben has said it."

Farbrace was portion of nan guidance for nan 2017-18 circuit erstwhile England played 4 warm-up matches against section sides and mislaid nan Test bid 4-0.

He said nan level reflected afterwards that they would person been amended served pinch a build-up akin to nan 1 scheduled this year.

He added: "Don't beryllium kidded by reasoning this England squad aren't prepared.

"I get nan erstwhile players' thoughts but let's get down our team.

"Let's do thing that is typically un-English and support our squad alternatively than giving them a kicking earlier nan bid has moreover started."

Former skipper David Gower, a team-mate of Botham and Gooch, was portion of England's victorious 1986-87 circuit - their only different triumph successful Australia since nan 1970s.

"I dislike to opportunity it, location successful betwixt is nan correct solution," Gower told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"I wouldn't advocator you play 3 full games. Sometimes that useful and sometimes it doesn't.

"These days they don't interest astir it successful nan aforesaid way, backmost themselves someway to opportunity 'tomorrow is simply a Test lucifer put nan on-switch up and each of nan burners on'.

"The full point is astir peaking astatine that moment.

"Inevitably it will activity for immoderate and not others. As agelong arsenic 7 aliases 8 retired of nan 11 are location adjacent a highest you person sewage a chance."