Sunday, June 28, 2026 theCRICKETpaper
If Castore made a hairshirt to make something happen on a for cricket Ben Stokes would docile pitch, which he would surely have worn one at Trent have done had Jamie Smith not Bridge, so intent was he on dropped a sitter. playing the penitent upon
Then on comes skipper Stokes, to his return to the fray following a warm applause from the full stadium. Wholehearted as ever, he was one-match ban. As it was, scorching 35C temperatures and a dead track were the when at his best, but he still has the lacking the bounding rhythm he has hardships England...
