Peter Hayter suggests that this amazing Ashes should prompt the Almanack to alter its once-a-career criteria when it selects its Cricketers of the Year

Barred: Steve Smith, left, and Ben Stokes have dominated this Ashes, but they have already been Cricketers of the Year before so they cannot be again
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No more than a nanosecond is required to confirm Steve Smith’s status as the player of the 2019 Ashes, with Ben Stokes England’s best, also by a mile.
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