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Derek Pringle: Heroic Ben Stokes excavates pleasure from pain

Derek Pringle hails Ben Stokes’ remarkable spell at Trent Bridge, arguing England’s captain led by example with a herculean effort that dragged his side back into the Test – while warning others must share the workload.
Ben Stokes was irrepressible on the second morning

If Castore made a hairshirt for cricket Ben Stokes would surely have worn one at Trent Bridge, so intent was he on playing the penitent upon his return to the fray following a one-match ban.
As it was, scorching 35C temperatures and a dead track were the hardships England’s reinstated captain had to bear on his latest path to redemption, in this case for having a late drink to celebrate victory in the first Test against New Zealand.
Apparently, it broke the team’s curfew, something now uncertain after an investigation into the incident by the Cricket Regulator concluded “that there is insuffic...

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