london jos buttler said on tuesday ben stokes making himself available for the ashes is not simply a plus for england but a huge bonus for cricket as a wholestar allrounder stokes looked set to miss the upcoming fivetest series in australia as he put his mental wellbeing ahead of his career and took time to recover completely from a fracture to his left index finger first suffered six months agoa possible comeback in july was called off but a second operation to remove two screws and scar issue took place this month with stokes declaring on monday he was available for the ashes after being cleared for duty by the england and wales cricket boards medical staffengland teammate buttler said he was delighted stokes would be heading out with the test specialists to australia on november 4its a massive boost for everyone said buttler at the t20 world cupi think first and foremost for ben to be in the position where hes happy and healthy both physically and mentally to resume his cricket career is brilliantas a teammate as a friend as fans of cricket i think everyone is going to be delighted to see ben stokes back on the field its a massive boost for england for the ashes and for cricket as a wholea fully fit and firing stokes whose remarkable century saw england to a stunning onewicket win over australia in a 2019 ashes test at headingley would strengthen skipper joe roots hopes of regaining the urnat a stroke the england captain would be able to call on his close friends dynamic lefthanded batting lively rightarm bowling and excellent close catching as well as an ability to change the fortunes of a match singlehandedlyit may not be enough to give england a first ashes series win in australia since 201011 but it would still be welcome news for a squad whove seen their plans to travel down under with a battery of express quicks frustrated by injuries to jofra archer and olly stonebuttler however was firmly focused on helping england add the t20 title to the 50over world cup crown that stokes did so much to secure two years agoits great to have a pretty much fullstrength side but im fully focused at the moment on the world cup he said its a world tournament we want to perform well in so im not thinking too much about the ashes right nowengland following a rout of the west indies that saw them dismiss the caribbean side for just 55 and reach their victory target in a mere 82 overs continue their quest to become the first team to hold both t20 and 50over world titles simultaneously against bangladesh in abu dhabi on wednesdaywe know the challenges theyll pose weve played against them lots in 50over cricket and theyre a dangerous side they are a team full of match winners buttler saidbuttler sealed englands sixwicket win in their tournament opener with 24 not out from 22 balls