All posts tagged "Ben Stokes"
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Featured
/ 5 years agoBEEFY’S RIGHT, STOKES IS BEST WE’VE EVER HAD
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket A crack of Ben Stokes’ bat on ball; a nanosecond of hush, an eruption of noise from the...
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News
/ 5 years agoMY PONTING HATRED SHOWS HOW WRONG THE FANS CAN BE
JAMES WALLACE says our early, pre-conceived ideas about cricketers may be proved wrong but they can take a lot of shifting...
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Test Matches
/ 5 years agoHeroic stand puts England in dreamland
By Chris Stocks Crucial: Jos Buttler contributed a vital knock THIS match will forever be known as the Miracle of Manchester...
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News
/ 5 years agoCricket counts the cost but emerges with plenty of credit in the bank
By Graham Otway THE efficiency reputation of English cricket’s administrators should emerge from this summer’s two lockdown Test series against the...
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International News
/ 6 years agoWhich players would be the probable front runners for Orange Cap in IPL 2020
Change might be the only constant in life, but Indians would argue that so is cricket. For the average Indian, there...
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News
/ 6 years agoHero Stokes in line for more accolades
By Jon Couch Fab four: L-R: The nominees Ben Stokes, Simon Harmer, Ryan Higgins and Dom Sibley BEN STOKES is aiming...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe best all-rounders in world cricket
Don’t underestimate the importance of having a phenomenal all-rounder in your team. Batsmen and bowlers get most of the headlines for...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoWisden’s 2019 stars? Not Smith, nor Stokes, sadly
Peter Hayter suggests that this amazing Ashes should prompt the Almanack to alter its once-a-career criteria when it selects its Cricketers...
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘I STILL HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF TO BELIEVE IT’
60 seconDs with… By then Ben Stokes was Spirited siblings: Sam Curran got his competitive spirit from playing with brothers Ben,...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoSledging Aussies let ‘Bristol’ Stokes off the hook
By Chris Stocks Power: Jos Buttler hits out THEurn may be gone, but England are closing in on a victory that...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoBroad: Getting me bowl faster
Chris Stocks catches up with Stuart Broad who, at the age of 33, has enjoyed an Indian summer in this Ashes...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoENGLAND MUST CURB THE WHITE BALL SHOTS FOR TEST SUCCESS
Derek Pringle says finding batsmen with patience can turn England into future world beaters PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT No trust in his technique:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDon’t write me off just yet to return for 2023!
60 SECONDS WITH… No final farewell just yet: England fast bowler James Anderson hasn’t dismissed playing in the 2023 home Ashes...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoSmith’s the difference as England’s hopes hang by a thread
By Charles Reynolds STEVE Smith’s remarkable first innings double-hundred has put Australia in pole position to retain the Ashes after a...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoStokes’ heroics certainly did not surprise me, says Cook
By Richard Edwards OTHERS may have been amazed by Ben Stokes’ almost super-human efforts at Headingley two weeks ago but Geoff...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoAt last, a genius in the mould of KP that we can all take to our heart
Peter Hayter turns back the clock to relive the controversy surrounding ‘KP: Story of a Genius’ contrasting the squad unity in...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoSam rues ‘his worst’ six months
By Neil Harvey SAM BILLINGS reckons he has suffered “the worst six months of his career” this season. The Kent and...
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Cricket Paper
/ 6 years agoHOLDING OUT FOR A HERO!
Another Smith masterclass leaves England on the brink Stoking the fire: Ben Stokes punches the air after becoming the hero of...
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Cricket Paper
/ 6 years agoSMITH’S ‘READY TO LAND HIS OWN KO BLOW’ (and win the Ashes)
By Jon Couch In the spotlight: The return of Australia batsman Steve Smith for the fourth Test at Old Trafford this...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoNo bouncy castle can ever match drama of Test cricket
Peter Hayter took to social media to gauge opinion on The Hundred, as Headingley’s memorable advert for Test match cricket unfolded...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoAussies must now regroup and avoid repeat of ‘81 series
By Richard Edwards Smashing: Botham’s famous knock turned the tide IT has taken the Aussies a generation to get over the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow T20 cricket made Stokes’ miracle possible
Garfield Robinson argues that England would never have pulled off their incredible run-chase at Headingley but for the invention of the...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoENGLAND RATINGS
By Chris Stocks Rory Burns 3/10 The Surrey opener impressed in the opening two Tests but looked increasingly troubled by the...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoStokes’ heroics give England fans a new epic to remember
By Chris Stocks Star man BEN STOKES – England: Who else? The skill the allrounder showed when batting with the tail...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBOTHAM, ATHERTON AND HUTTON – NOW STOKES JOINS ELITE LIST!
Roderick Easdale trawls through the archives to take a look back at some great English innings to rival Ben Stokes’ 2019...
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