SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ben Stokes says he wants ‌to carry on as England captain and has backed coach Brendon McCullum despite concluding the Ashes series with a 4-1 defeat to Australia.

England lost the fifth ‌and final test of a deeply disappointing series at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday and the loss will do little to dampen the ‌criticism of the way the team approached the campaign.