Stokes casts demons aside to play with a bit of nous

Derek Pringle says England owe their match-winning total to an admirably restrained approach from their explosive all-rounder

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

Signs of maturity: Ben Stokes kept England ahead of the game yesterday with a well-constructed 89
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For a moment, in the last third of England’s innings against South Africa at the Oval, it looked like the old Ben Stokes was back. Not just the swaggering swatter of off-side fours but...

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