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Big Ben’s heroics even surpass Botham’s of ‘81

Peter Hayter chats to Mike Brearley, who compares Ben Stokes’ Headingley salvo with Sir Ian Botham’s 38 years earlier – a game in which he captained

Masters at work: Ben Stokes led a quite incredible innings to help England win the third Ashes Test at Headingley. Inset: Ian Botham stars in 1981
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Even in a summer so full of moments leaving memories that will last lifetimes, those left by one of the greatest Test innings ever played will linger longer than all the others put together.
Much the same was said of another brilliant English summer, a...

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