England's Ben Stokes Savours Taste of Ashes Revenge Before Lord's Test

Ben Stokes believes the "massive" motivation of revenge for last year's Ashes humiliation will ensure England seek to ram home the advantage gained in Cardiff when the second Test at Lord's begins on Thursday. (Australia Will be Fresh and Ready to Fight Back at Lord's)

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As it emerged that the veteran Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will miss the Lord's Test for "family reasons", it was being reported in Australia that Shane Watson has been dropped from the side for the second Test. Peter Nevill will make his Test debut in place of Haddin, while Mitchell Marsh will step in for the veteran all-rounder Watson. (Test preview)

With two of the old Australia heads removed from the line-up, Stokes said England would go into the match buoyed by the confidence gained by their assertive performance in Wales. "When Rooty caught the catch at the end it was like revenge," the all-rounder said. "When they were eight wickets down I was thinking about how we felt when we were getting beat every game. To be on the verge of winning when they were eight wickets down and after what they did to us in Australia was pretty cool.

"The whole day itself was amazing and the atmosphere was electric. It was similar to Lord's here when we beat New Zealand . It is always a special place to play cricket so, if we can walk away at the end of five days, or four days if we can, and we are 2-0 up, then we will be in a really good position to win the Ashes." (Mitchell Marsh Replaces Shane Watson for 2nd Test)

The 24-year-old Durham player expects the tourists to be more vocal and aggressive on the field at Lord's, given the pressure they are now under. He said: "There wasn't hardly as much said in Cardiff as there was in Australia. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe the match referee had a word with the two captains, I'm not sure. But I think it might be a bit different here," said Stokes, who made 52 and 42 with the bat in Cardiff as England triumphed by 169 runs.

"Australia are 1-0 down and they'll want to get some revenge on us because we obviously beat them in four days, which was probably a shock to them. This game might be played in a different way but hopefully it won't overstep the line." (Ricky Ponting to Ring Lord's Bell Before Start of 2nd Test)

Despite lacking the overt antagonism of the last Ashes tour in Australia, Stokes dismissed as "silly" attempts by Nathan Lyon and David Warner to stop his habit of sweeping the wicket with his bat at the end of each over. "I just said: 'You can stand there all day because I'm not moving until you move. If you want to get your captain's over rate down, then so be it.'"

Stokes, a key member of the side that minted a fresh attacking style for England during the visit of New Zealand, said they had been encouraged by the new head coach, Trevor Bayliss, to maintain the approach throughout the series. (Clarke Prays History Repeats Itself to Hand Aussies the Advantage)

Speaking at an Investec event, Stokes said: "We're not going to be able to play how we want to play 100% of the time. But if there comes a game when we don't particularly play how we want to play, that doesn't mean we'll go back to square one and start just trying to survive.

"When we were in our second innings at Cardiff, Trevor said it's not about time, it's about runs. So when your head coach is saying that it doesn't matter how much time we bat, it's all about runs and getting a big lead, then you go into the middle with a lot of confidence." (Steve Waugh Surprised By Australia's Lack Of Energy)

Stokes said he embraced the pressure that came with being compared to Andrew Flintoff or Ian Botham, insisting that it came with the territory.

"Being an all-rounder you're probably going to get compared to the Bothams and the Flintoffs, as I have done recently. I'm not looking to emulate them," he said. "I'm Ben Stokes; I'm not Flintoff or Botham. I'm just going to go about my cricket in the way I want to do it."

England are expected to name an unchanged side after their victory in the first Test but Australia have been forced to make changes.

Haddin, 37, was absent for most of Australia's practice session at Lord's, instead speaking to the head coach, Darren Lehmann, and the team psychologist, Michael Lloyd, on the pavilion balcony.

His replacement, Nevill was, in contrast, put through his paces with the rest of the side. Cricket Australia confirmed the news on Tuesday evening. "I can confirm that Brad Haddin has withdrawn himself from the second Test at Lord's for family reasons," the team's media manager, Kate Hutchison, announced. He looks likely to be joined on the sidelines by Watson, the 34-year-old having done himself no favours with two dismissals lbw in the first Test, for 30 and 19.

Haddin endured an indifferent performance in Cardiff, where he dropped Joe Root on nought in the first innings before England's man of the match went on to score 134.

The Australia bowler Peter Siddle backed Nevill, who topped the batting averages for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield this season with 76 from 14 innings, to perform well, despite the pressure of making his debut at Lord's - a notoriously testing ground for wicketkeepers.

Siddle said: "He has had a couple of great years in first-class cricket and, if it's this Test or in future, then I've no doubt he will be ready to go." Nevill is 29.

The fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who took seven wickets in Cardiff, is expected to be fit to play despite problems with an ankle injury. Siddle was in line to replace him if he was not fit.

"Starcy got through well today, bowled out in the middle off the long run, both ends, he's feeling good," said Siddle. "I guess it's just a waiting game at the moment for myself. Everyone's fit at the moment which is nice."