Ashes LIVE: Australia win the Ashes with drama-packed victory in Adelaide after losing one of their biggest stars to shock injury

The gutted England captain has been a rock for his team this series – and he remained defiant despite the series loss.

‘That dream we came here with is now over, which is incredibly disappointing,’ he said.

‘Everybody’s obviously hurting and quite emotional about it.

‘We came here with a goal in mind, and we’ve not been able to achieve that, and it hurts and it sucks, but we are not going to stop.’

Stokes was typically blunt about where the Lions lost the urn.

‘Australia have been able to execute things on a much more consistent basis than us, with the ball, with the bat and in the field,’ he said.

‘They’ve been able to outdo us on a much higher level.’