Stokes condemns 'shambolic' decision to omit Headingley from 2027 Ashes

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] thrashed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] by an innings and 103 runs inside three days at Headingley on Friday, their seventh successive Test win at the ground.[/p][p]It was an ideal start to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/root-joe/EkKzSCk2/"]Root[/a]'s second stint as Test captain after taking over the side following former skipper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stokes-ben/bqDhqGMG/"]Stokes[/a]'s surprise international retirement.[/p][p]Root said it was a "[b]shame[/b]" his Yorkshire home ground would miss out on staging a match during the 2027 men's Ashes.[/p][p]Stokes, posting a screenshot of Root's words, said in a social media post: "[b]Shame is an understatement tbh. Shambolic would be more appropriate. Great win though.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="5b20ad85-50ca-4d35-8ec2-10850cb40043" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wamtTEVFDiA" social-type="youtube" /][p]Stokes had said he was "devastated" there would be no men's Ashes Tests in northern England next year when the schedule was first announced in 2023.[/p][p]Headingley will host the one-off women's Ashes Test.[/p][p]The men's series will visit the Rose Bowl, close to Southampton, for the first time, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trent-rockets/2Dlw3CEb/"]Trent Bridge[/a], Lord's, Edgbaston and the Oval staging the other four games.[/p][p]"[b]I would love to play as many games as possible here,[/b]" Root said after England went 1-0 up in their three-Test series against Pakistan.[/p][p]"It's a great Test match venue and a surface that provides brilliant Test cricket.[/p][p]"[b]We've had quite a lot of success on it recently, so it's a shame we don't get to play here next year. I'm sure we will see many, many more brilliant Test matches here.[/b]"[/p]