Stokes won't lose sight of the 'bigger picture' even as he celebrates 'rare' achievement

Ben Stokes said he felt "very honoured and very privileged" to be leading England's revival, after a 26-run win over Pakistan in Multan gave them the three-match series with a game to spare, and gave his side their first away Test series win under his captaincy.England arrived in Pakistan at the end of last month for their first tour of the country in 17 years having won only two of their previous 24 Tests there, a figure they have matched in the last two weeks with victories in Rawalpindi and Multan. They have now won eight of their nine Tests since Stokes replaced Joe Root as captain in April."Coming to the subcontinent, it's always a tough place to come and win [games of] cricket," Stokes told Sky Sports. "We know what we've achieved this week. We know that it's something that's not unheard of, but very rare to do, especially as an English team."We'll take it all in. We do understand how special an achievement this is this week, but as we keep saying, these series victories and these wins are part of a much bigger picture in what we're trying to achieve at the moment."When I first got the job, I just wanted to come in and just try and change a few things up and get things going in a different direction. We were never focusing too much on results when I came into the job, and obviously the bigger picture and stuff like that, but sheesh, it's been an amazing nine games to start off with."I just feel very honoured and very privileged to be a part of something like this and having everyone - not just the players but the backroom staff and everyone that works alongside us - being on the same path. It's really, really good."England had to dig deep for their win in Multan, eventually bowling Pakistan out for 328 in the fourth innings - the highest team total of the match - to seal a tense win. Stokes said that they were deserving winners and felt in control for the majority of the game - the only exception being Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz's 80-run partnership for the sixth wicket."We were happy with the way we a