Roderick Easdale trawls through the archives to take a look back at some great English innings to rival Ben Stokes’ 2019 Headingley vintage

Botham’s Ashes: Beefy was coming off the back of a pair when he produced his famous 149 not out in 1981

Resistance: Atherton v Donald in ‘95

Many, including the noteasily- impressed Geoff Boycott, have described Ben Stokes’ innings as the greatest Test innings played by an England batsman. That is some claim, considering England have played 1,104 Test matches. So how well does the claim stack up, and wha...